#gel

She smiled. Her skin looked whiter than he recalled, and dark spidery veins were beginning to show beneath its surface. Her hair was still the color of spun silver and her eyes were still green as a cat’s. She was still beautiful. Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec’s, heard violin music like the sound of silver water. He saw a girl with long brown hair and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants. And then there was Camille. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #jem-carstairs #magnus-bane #tessa-gray #will-herondale

The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants. ↗

— Dave Foley

#angeles #california #fantastic #los #los angeles

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#belief #deep #fought #grew #i

I assure you; while I look like a ghost, I'm no spirit or demon. I'm nothing but a girl struggling to make her way in an intolerant world. I bleed, I love, and someday, I'll die. ↗

— Leanna Renee Hieber

#life-and-death #miss-percy-parker #outsider #strangely-beautiful #beauty

I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids. ↗

— Nancy Travis

#angeles #doing #enjoy #husband #i

Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception. ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#been #benevolence #both #difference #enormous

I sincerely feel that beauty largely comes from within. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#comes #feel #i #largely #sincerely

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #cynicism #dating #faith #glass-girl

Angelina is my daughter and I am always wishing her the best. ↗

— Jon Voight

#am #angelina #best #daughter #her

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#books #center #find #hugely #i