#chan

If you can't argue properly, how can you ever come to a decision when you flip a coin? One side always has some butthead on it, and the reverse bears a lofty representation. Whichever case you make for your side, you can't afford to leave something like that to chance. ↗

— Bauvard

#chance #coin-flipping #funny #humor #probability

People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#change

There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves. ↗

— Joe L. Wheeler

#changing-seasons #life #nostalgia #seasons #change

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone? ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#authors #book #book-cover #books #criticism

Actually Gabriel’s an archangel,” I corrected. “But otherwise, yes.” “Well, that explains why he’s so hard to impress,” said Xavier flippantly ↗

— Alexandra Adornetto

#archangel #humor #humor

All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#paths #synchronicity #synchronicity

When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we'd be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#serendipity #synchronicity #synchronicity

I don’t think I like the idea that you just control me, but you get to do anything you like.” “Ah, but that’s because you don’t understand the power exchange. Note that I used the word exchange. Listen, there are as many different ways to practice BDSM as there are people who practice it. I like to play. I like to know that my lover will turn to me when she needs something. I’ll want to protect you. And I like to give you what you need. It makes me feel good. It makes me feel necessary. ↗

— Lexi Blake

#bdsm #control #erotica-romance #power-exchange #bdsm

For this is one of the miracles of love; it gives -- to both, but perhaps especially to the woman -- a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#love #miracle #love

Either I would change lives or end them. The second option is always available. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#lives #option #change