#faction

Prim, let go," I say harshly, because this is upsetting me and I don't want to cry. When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#satisfaction

She'd said that revenge was not sweet, that it was bloody. She was wrong. It *was* sweet. For one fleeting, glorious moment you felt incredible satisfaction. Then it was gone, empty, and you had to go on living. The power high that filled me with her light had faded, and all I tasted now were bitter ashes. ↗

— Sunny

#revenge #satisfaction

Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#satisfaction #truth #unsatisfaction #veils #writing

When the darkness receded, she found herself lying on the bed, still half-dressed...and being watched by human eyes that held a very feline satisfaction. "I said slow." He smiled. "Oops." Charm. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#dorian #satisfaction

That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other. ↗

— Isaac Barrow

#another #competent #concerning #confidence #considerable

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#gives #judgment #more #negative #praise

Hunger and sex still dominate the primitive mammalian side of human existence, but at the present time it looks as if humanity were within sight of their satisfaction. Permanent plenty, no longer a Utopian dream, awaits the arrival of permanent peace. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#awaits #dominate #dream #existence #human

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#bargain #mutual #only #repeated #satisfaction

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#credit #driver #executive #first-rate #more

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#cognitive #even #holds #intellectual #key