#con

Beginning with Santa Claus as a cognitive exercise, a child is encouraged to share the same idea of reality as his peers. Even if that reality is patently invented and ludicrous, belief is encouraged with gifts that support and promote the common cultural lies. The greatest consensus in modern society is our traffic systems. The way a flood of strangers can interact, sharing a path, almost all of them traveling without incident. It only takes one dissenting driver to create anarchy. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#conditioning #dissent #santa #anarchy

A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#bragging #conceit #gossip #haughty #pride

I’ve always seen you, angel. From the moment you found me, I’ve seen nothing but you. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#gideon-cross #angels

It takes darkness to be aware of the light. ↗

— Treasure Tatum

#contrast #light #spirituality #trials #trials

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-and-peeta #the-hunger-games #connection

He was the kind of guy that made a woman want to rip his shirt open and watch the buttons scatter along with her inhibitions. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#gideon-cross #contemporary

B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding - when we're done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn't me. Good night Gideon. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#eva-tramell #contemporary

Romance isn't in my repertoire, Eva. But a thousand ways to make you come are. Let me show you. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#gideon-cross #contemporary

Whatever this shit is between us it’s always been there and it’s always gonna be there. I’m shit-fuckin’-tired tryin’ to ignore it. I’ll try to do right by you Eva, you’d be the first, but I’ll fuckin’ try my damndest. And baby, true freedom is the open road, the wind on your face and a good woman on the back of your bike holdin’ you tight like you’re her reason for breathin’ because she sure as fuck is yours. ↗

— Madeline Sheehan

#motorcycle-man #contemporary

I am yours," he whispered. "I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you. ↗

— Lora Leigh

#lora-leigh #romance #contemporary