#hea

I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with one leg, who can't hear or see, live like a king while doing the only thing I wanted to do? ↗

— Bill Veeck

#doing #else #game #hear #i

There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart. ↗

— Judith Anderson

#enduring #except #heart #life #man

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

#back #chariot #hear #hurrying #i

25 And the Lord spake unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying 'Where is the flaming sword that was given unto thee?' 26 And the Angel said, 'I had it here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next.' 27 And the Lord did not ask him again. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#god #heaven #humor #humor

She had not made a decision to give up sex, only the clamor of romance, because it was exhausting her, doing her no good and too much harm... ↗

— Michelle Herman

#humor #romance #sex #humor

Mastering the art of seduction gives one a great power, and like any power, it's to be wielded with responsibility; a man who wields the art of seduction without a sense of responsibility and restraint is a walking proximity bomb of viral epidemics, needless procreation, heartbroken families, and shattered dreams. ↗

— Mike Norton

#bomb #heartbreak #heartbroken #mastery #power

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#father #firefighting #heaven #hell #humor

Imagine this guy hits Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger and knocks him out. You hit Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger, he'll beat the crap out of you. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#crap #guy #hammer #head #him

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#almost #bent #heard #i #learned

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#healing #reading #life