#eh

Dass es nämlich keinen Grund dazu gab, sich für irgendetwas zu schämen, solange du es aus Liebe und Sehnsucht tatest. ↗

— Emilia Polo

#love #sehnsucht-desire #love

Die Menschen schleppen dieses Gewicht der Sehnsucht mit sich herum, zum Glück meist nicht sichtbar, sondern ‚latent’ – wie einen inneren blauen Fleck? – und auf einmal ist ohne ersichtlichen Grund, einfach so, jemand da (wer?), auf den diese Sehnsucht in Form von Liebe projiziert wird. Wenn die Grundmuster nicht zusammen passen, nicht übereinstimmen, gleiten sie auseinander, und die Bürde sucht sich ihren Weg zu einem anderen Menschen. Sofern sie nicht wieder unter der Oberfläche verschwindet – ‚latent’ wird. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#love

To-day the woman is Mrs. Richard Roe, to-morrow Mrs. John Doe, and again Mrs. James Smith according as she changes masters, and she has so little self-respect that she does not see the insult of the custom. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#change

It would take more than long-stemmed roses to change my view that you're a despicable cowardy custard and a disgrace to a proud family. Your ancestors fought in the Crusades and were often mentioned in despatches, and you cringe like a salted snail at the thought of appearing as Santa Claus before an audience of charming children who wouldn't hurt a fly. It's enough to make an aunt turn her face to the wall and give up the struggle. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#humorous #wodehouse #change

When the dead departed, they took away any falsehoods that they might have allowed us to believe while alive; we who are left behind have to embark on a different life, since the dead are no longer here to help us deceive ourselves. ↗

— Yiyun Li

#dead #death #deception #falsehoods #lies

Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of God's statutes and nothing else. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#building #christ #christian #christianity #do-unto-others

It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOOING your woman” should be a continuous process. It should NEVER end after you get your “yes” from her. If you did a lot to get her, you should do more to keep her. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#how-to-make-a-woman-love-you #love #marriage #olaotan-fawehinmi #relationship

I sprinted into the conference room as my boss, and the owner of this law firm, Cherie Poitras, grabbed her client around the waist, a woman dressed to the nines in high heels and a cream suit. The woman had actually crawled up on the conference table and lunged for her husband. Cherie and I wrestled her off, but not before the husband’s attorney put him in a headlock to keep him from strangling his soon-to-be ex-wife. Even in a headlock, the husband, a local politician who stressed the sanctity of marriage and traditional values, struggled to get at his wife, his arms and legs flailing around... ↗

— Cathy Lamb

#marriage

on. I’m getting cold.’ Clutching the pluckers, I call her. ‘Right, ↗

— Matt Rudd

#marriage

be as good as our first honeymoon?’ Friday 7 October A ↗

— Matt Rudd

#marriage