#gal

You know what my favorite part was?" he says, stepping closer. "Hmm?" "We didn't fight. Not once. I hate fighting with you." "I do, too. It seems like a waste of time when..." He leans impossibly closer, holding her gaze. "When?" "When we could be enjoying each other's company instead," she whispers. "But you probably don't enjoy my company here lately. I haven't been very nice-" He brushes his lips against hers, cutting her off. They're softer than he ever imagined. And it's not enough. Moving his hand from her jawline to entwine it in her damp locks, he pulls her to him. She tips up on her toes to meet him and as he lifts her from the ground, she folds her arms around his neck. Just as hungry for him as he is for her, she opens her mouth for a deeper kiss, pressing her soft curves into him. And Galen decides there is nothing better than kissing Emma. Everything about her seems made for him. The way her mouth moves in perfect rhythm with his. The way she combs her fingers through his hair, sending a stirring jolt down his spine. The way her cool lips ignite heat through his whole being. She fits in his arms, as if her every curve fills a place on his own body... ↗

— Anna Banks

#imagination

Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it. ↗

— Ally Carter

#carter #gallagher #girls #inspirational #inspirational

I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#death-penalty #justice #justice-system #legal-system #reasonable-doubt

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#learning #life #wealth #life

Believe me, you lose more than a gallon of fluids during a race. You could lose between six and 10 pounds during a race, depending on hot it is. ↗

— Michael Andretti

#between #could #depending #during #fluids

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you. ↗

— Gale Harold

#heroes #inspirational #inspirational

A consciência da insonsciência da vida é o mais antigo imposto à inteligência. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#intelligence #portugal #portuguese #tax #unconsciousness

She scowled at him until a light appeared in her intelligent eyes, as if she had had an epiphany. "Are you an illegal alien? ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#crazy #epiphany #illegal #sunshine #talon

When the number of children goes over one, God becomes miserly in granting intelligence; he takes it from the living child and gives it to the child to be born. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#intelligence

The Bear had once confided to me that Durrell's ego could fit snugly in the basilica of St. Peter's in Rome but in very few other public places. This runaway megalomania marked him as a blood member of the fraternity of generals. If looks alone could make generals, Durrell would have been a cinch. He was built lean and slim and dark, like a Doberman. A man of breeding and refrigerated intelligence, he ordered his life like a table of logarithms. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#generals #megalomania #intelligence