#edward

I had not particularly liked the way in which he wrote about literature in Beginnings, and I was always on my guard if not outright hostile when any tincture of 'deconstruction' or 'postmodernism' was applied to my beloved canon of English writing, but when Edward talked about English literature and quoted from it, he passed the test that I always privately apply: Do you truly love this subject and could you bear to live for one moment if it was obliterated? ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#edward-said #literary-criticism #literature #postmodernism #love

The cactus of the high desert is a small grubby, obscure and humble vegetable associated with cattle dung and overgrazing, interesting only when you tangle with it the wrong way. Yet from this nest of thorns, this snare of hooks and fiery spines, is born once each year a splendid flower. It is unpluckable and except to an insect almost unapproachable, yet soft, lovely, sweet, desirable, exemplifying better than the rose among thorns the unity of opposites ↗

— Edward Abbey "Desert Solitaire"

#edward-abbey #john-dunn #love

They can rip you bring you down, down to their size, but they will never get to the heart you hold inside. ↗

— Little Mix

#jade-thirlwall #jesy-nelson #leigh-ann-pinnock #little-mix #lyrics

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned. ↗

— Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

#inspirational-quotes #payday-loans #inspirational

But it was very hard for people to separate me out from Hillary Clinton. All their ads were Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, and me. They said I was more liberal than these guys, and that if I went to Washington I'd be supporting their agenda. I found that extremely difficult to overcome. ↗

— Brad Carson

#agenda #clinton #difficult #edwards #extremely

You know, Jacob, if it weren’t for the fact that we’re natural enemies and that you’re also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually like you. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#friendship #jacob-black #friendship

He called you pretty...That's practically an insult, the way you look right now...You're much more than beautiful. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#beauty

It's late,' he said again, murmuring, almost crooning now, his voice smoother than silk. 'Sleep, my Bella. Dream happy dreams. You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep, my only love. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#edward #love #twilight #dreams

I would never believe it of you, my boy, regardless of the schemers your mother and sister turned out to be. You may not be the most clever boy, nor the most prudent, nor the most gentlemanlike, nor..." Edward cleared his throat. "Right! But you have a good heart, and I have every hope that with the proper education and mentoring you will be credit to the family yet. ↗

— Julie Klassen

#felix #humor #lord-brightwell #education

That's the illusion of stillness. There is no secret. Only the implication of one by its possesor". ↗

— David Gilmour

#edward-james-olmos #film #miami-vice #movies #movies