#des

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#even #get #less #minute #settle

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#days #desk #hours #i #i can

He liked to touch, she realized. In bed, he kept his arms around her or a hand on her like now. The way he played with her breasts, or just touched her, or ran his hands over her body, made her feel so...so beautiful, Desirable. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#desirable #sex #touching #beauty

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be. ↗

— John Dryden

#care #destroying #his #man #may

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law. ↗

— John Dryden

#law #nature #self-defence

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. ↗

— John Dryden

#grape #hides #intoxication #like #others

I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#altered #being #claim #despair #ever

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive. ↗

— Patty Duke

#became #control #destructive #highs #i

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#capable #despair #feeling #felt #man

If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century. ↗

— John Thorn

#chain #clear #describes #events #game