#charles

She tried to imagine what Charles would do if another man came up to him and said, "You bring me joy. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#humor #humor

A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears the soul towards heaven as upon the wings of eagles. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#devotional-classics #hard-times #inspirational-quotes #inspirational

You remember I had a strong inclination all my life to be a painter. Under different circumstances I would rather have been a painter than to bother with these god-damn words. I never actually thought of myself as a poet but I knew I had to be an artist in some way. ↗

— William Carlos Williams

#kora-in-hell #modernist-poets #red-wheel-barrow #this-is-just-to-say #life

He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#love

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#injustice #injustice

Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas' 'Did you?' 'I think so. I don't remember it much, and that's always a good sign, isn't it? ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#family #julia #family

This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#anna-cornick #charles-cornick #choice #cry-wolf #faith

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#i #influence #me #mentors #proud

You can not entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts ten hours a day and expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious conditions by ten minutes of strong, positive, creative thought. ↗

— Charles F. Haanel

#the-master-key-system #beauty

Well, that was certainly - to me, until we could film in Charles' room, I didn't even want to bother filming anything else. And in fact, I did hold off and that was the first thing we filmed. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#bother #certainly #charles #could #did