#crossed

The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame [...] The moth takes off again, and we both step back, because he's circling at eye level now and seems to have lost rudder control, smacking into the wall on each round. He circles lower and lower, spinning around the candle in tighter revolutions, like a soap sud over an open drain. A few times he seems to touch the flame, but dances off unhurt. Then he ignites like a ball of hair, curling into an oily puff of fumes with a hiss. The candle flame flickers and dims for a moment, then burns as bright as before. Moth Smoke Lingers. ↗

— Mohsin Hamid

#insects #love #moth #smoke #star-crossed

She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart. ↗

— Josephine Angelini

#goddess #heart #love #starcrossed #love

Two little dark figures, looking up. Are they looking at me? Is is him? This far away there's only one way to know. I point to the sky. ↗

— Ally Condie

#dystopian-fiction #teen-fiction #teen

I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me - ever. ↗

— Amy Adams

#because #been #crossed #ever #forget

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. ↗

— Jane Austen

#crossed #girl #likes #little #love

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. ↗

— David Bailey

#fingers #i #i do #just #keep

It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#hasn #me #over #panties #point

On the evening of December 25, General Washington in a most severe season crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to less than 2000 men in the whole. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#crossed #december #delaware #evening #general

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Evans

#become #coaches #crossed #dealt #decision

Information comes through to me in 3 basic ways seen, hearing, and feeling the energy of the person that's crossed over. In which it is a symbolic type of language. ↗

— John Edward

#comes #crossed #energy #feeling #hearing