#cal

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

The wind and the sea and the storm were his domain and I wanted nothing to do with them any longer. I just wanted Cain. ↗

— Jennifer Silverwood

#fantasy-romance #mythical-romance #new-adult-romance #paranormal-romance #new-adult

The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free... ↗

— Utah Phillips

#political #politics #freedom

To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know. ↗

— P. McCree Thornton

#freedom

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#historical-romance #lisa-kleypas #funny

They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter. ↗

— Josephine Hart

#life

She had wanted more than she could have. She had wanted him, and more... she had wanted him to want her. In the name of something bigger than tradition, bolder than reputation, more important than a silly title. ↗

— Sarah MacLean

#love-heartache #romance #love

There is a life behind the personality that uses personalities as masks. There are times when life puts off the mask and deep answers unto deep. ↗

— Dion Fortune

#spiritual #life

As she reached back for the buckle, her fingers met Mr. Meisner’s. She jumped. “I can do this... Sir.” “Ah.” He brushed aside her fingers. “I see you’ve at least remembered the sir.” “One always calls gentlemen that, just as you--” With only a rustle of cloth to warn her, his teeth met in the lobe of her ear, sending a spark into her middle. Like the melt of winter snow, she felt heat pool in her lower body. Her fingers curled against her collarbone where her hands still rested either side of her neck. “I’m not a gentleman, Faith. ↗

— Cari Silverwood

#erotic-romance #historical-romance #faith

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#journey #metaphorical #research #travel #attitude