#fall

There are some things that don't change much. I find the smell of a dish, or the way a certain spice is crushed, or just a quick look at the way something has been put on a plate, can pull me back to another place and time. I love those memories that seem so far away, yet you can hold them and carry them with you, even forget them, and then, with a single taste or hint or a smell, be chaperoned back to a beautiful moment. ↗

— Tessa Kiros

#falling-cloudberries #foodie #sentimental #beauty

You know, it's just a matter of working through the pitfalls sometimes and working through the challenges that lie ahead. ↗

— Kurt Busch

#challenges #just #know #lie #matter

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compromise #fall #get #herself #impossible

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. ↗

— George Byron

#drop #falling #ink #like #makes

The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way of themselves? ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#believing #fall #go #government #governments

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#battles #character #country #fallen #fought

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security. ↗

— William Cavendish

#finds #hand #haunches #heavy #himself

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#believe #falls #fate #however #i

He stepped into her line of sight and brushed the robe aside to press a tender kiss on her scarred breast. “They are part of you. I think you are beautiful with them.” “I’m not perfect like other shifters.” “I don’t want perfect because it doesn’t exist in any species. ↗

— Lia Davis

#lia-davis #magick #paranormal-romance #romance #shapeshifter

Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#both #broke #did #feel #good