#guile

She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. “And I love him more for it. Do you hear me? He was a good man when he went away to the Colonies. He came back an extraordinary man. So many think that bravery is a single act of valor in a field of battle—no forethought, no contemplation of the consequences. An act over in a second or a minute or two at most. What my brother has done, is doing now, is to live with his burden for years. He knows that he will spend the rest of his life with it. And he soldiers on.” She sat back in her chair, her gaze still locked with Helen’s. “That to my mind is what real bravery is.” -Sophia to Helen about Alistair. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#elizabeth-hoyt #helen #sophia #to-beguile-a-beast #life

Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#aguilera #besides #certain #christina #different

Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up. ↗

— Britney Spears

#christina #friends #i #makes #matter

And then the sly arch-lover that he was, he said the subtlest thing of all: that the lover was nearer the divine than the beloved; for the god was in the one but not in the other - perhaps the tenderest, most mocking thought that ever was thought, and source of all the guile and secret bliss the lover knows. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#guile #love #subtle #death

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer. ↗

— Debbie Harry

#christina #incredible #musician #singer