#feathers

She reached for his wrist, clutched it. “How do I look?” “Hurt. Pained. Destroyed.” “If I could look into your eyes, what would I see in them, Iain?” “Devastation. Shame for what I was. Hatred for the vanity and arrogance of my youth. A love for you that has never, ever died, but has only grown and matured, and become all-consuming. Tears,” he said, and pressed his face to hers so she could “see” them. “Because I know it is truly over now that the truth is out, and I don’t know how I’m going to live without you. Forgive me,” he whispered, then stole a kiss from her lips. “Forgive me, and the boy I was, and the man I turned out to be. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#elizabeth #iain #temptation-and-twilight #forgiveness

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. ↗

— Aesop

#feathers #fine #make #only

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ↗

— Jean Paul

#birthdays #broad #feathers #our #time

Beth…Beth… He whispered her name in his mind, unwilling to break the spell that surrounded them with any sound. He did not want to hear his voice; the only sounds he desired were the soft inhalations of Beth’s breath, her sighs of pleasure, the brush of his body and hers as he loved her. She was beautiful, so perfect. He wanted to sit back and feast his eyes on her, sear her into his memory, lying like this, waiting for him. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#elizabeth #iain #temptation-and-twilight #beauty

The first time I met death, it was at a ball and we danced a waltz. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella-s-imagination #seduction-and-scandal #death

Feathers predate birds. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#feathers

I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around. ↗

— Bradley Cooper

#around #become #feathers #i #know

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.' ↗

— Pauline Kael

#camera #costner #feathers #hair #head

In painting feathers, you want to create the look of feathers, but if you try to paint all the feathers, you have nothing but disaster. ↗

— John O'Neill

#disaster #feathers #look #nothing #paint

That's the beauty of it. Have you seen the contraptions these magicians build to accomplish the most mundane feats? They are a bunch of fish covered in feathers trying to convince the public they can fly, I am simply a bird in their midst. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#fish #illusions #magic #beauty