#golden

She was one of those golden mulatas that French-speaking Caribbeans call chabines, that my boys call chicas de oro; she had snarled, apocalyptic hair, copper eyes, and was one whiteskinned relative away from jaba. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#woman #ybon #life

True love was beyond the bars, but a facsimile of it came with no suffering at all. ↗

— D. Morgenstern

#broken-heart #love #the-golden-bridle #love

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #golden #golden-rule #imperfect #imperfection

Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You've got the spirit of a warrior. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #the-golden-lily #spirit

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#announcing #between #british #days #feeling

The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers. ↗

— George Humphrey

#egg #golden #goose #lays #make

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#born #golden #heavy #heavy weights #juggle

I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nine ago. ↗

— Rand Beers

#ago #association #case #chinese #deposed

I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth. It was a really tough life. ↗

— Yohan Blake

#golden #i #life #mouth #really

The magic of autumn has seized the countryside; now that the sun isn't ripening anything it shines for the sake of the golden age; for the sake of Eden; to please the moon for all I know. ↗

— Elizabeth Coatsworth

#golden-age #moon #sun #age