#ect

They are my men and this ship my responsibility. I vowed no woman would ever alter my path. Yet I kept them from ending you, and it makes me sick to the gut, for I would still rather die myself than see one hair on your head damaged by another man. ↗

— Saskia Walker

#erotic #fiction #love #nice #perfect

There were men in their fifties, men who take a stab at fitness, men who try. They may not look young, but they still look viable. Lammers wasn't one of those. Lammers was one of those crack-in-the-ass guys ten months pregnant with a beer baby. ↗

— Lily Gardner

#female-detective #mystery #noir-fiction #men

You Never Know A True Friend Until You get Into A Serious Misunderstanding With Him Or Her ↗

— Michael A. Johnson

#dramatic #inspirational #inspirational

Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#been #defined #failure #his #hopeful

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#did #first #first thing #horrific #i

Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject? ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#again #ask #be kind #his #husband

Giving a man a level of respect & permitting, without fuss, a lesser reciprocity is like shackling yourself & handing him the keys: He becomes the boss of you. ↗

— Wale Ayeni

#keys #motivational #respect #self-respect #shackles

There’s often a reason why people and dogs bite. It’s about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the suffering of others and look at them compassionately, we open the door that can lead to understanding. ↗

— Jennifer Skiff

#dogs #inspirational #self-protection #suffering #understanding

Kindness is a currency that can cover a multitude of interpersonal debts. ↗

— George Alexiou

#giving #happiness #humility #inspirational #integrity

Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film. ↗

— Gary Ross

#ask #because #course #dialogue #dinner