#ife

It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it. There is nothing, Umbopa, that he cannot do, there are no mountains he may not climb, there are no deserts he cannot cross; save a mountain and a a desert of which you are spared the knowledge, if love leads him and he holds his life in his hand counting it as nothing, ready to keep it or to lose it as Providence may order. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#love #perseverance #providence #quest #life

Technically, on the spectrum of very bad things, they did nothing truly wicked. But of course, that spectrum has no measure for the greatest of all carnal sins, the kind that occurs before skin touches skin, before wondering turns to yearning, yearning to having, having to holding for dear life, when two people cling to each other so desperately that even when they lie, inches apart, neither is fully satisfied until the light between them turns to darkness. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#desperation #galt-niederhoffer #life #light #love

Man who hates cats is insecure, but a man who likes them is one worth keeping. If he can appreciate a cat, he can appreciate a strong, independent woman. ↗

— Larissa Ione

#lifestyle #man #woman #humor

Man wants three things; life, knowledge, and love. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#life #love #wants #life

Because women can do nothing except love, they've given it a ridiculous importance. They want to persuade us that it's the whole of life. It's an insignificant part. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#women #life

But he won’t let the pain blot out the humor no more’n he’ll let the humor blot out the pain. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#pain #humor

Don't you understand? I want to spend my life with you. I want you to be there when I go to bed at night and when I wake up in the morning. ↗

— Heather Anastasiu

#falling-in-love #in-love #love #life

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when you doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#life

And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself but never absorb the work ethos. ↗

— Michael Foley

#work #age

You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong. ↗

— Morrissey

#life #love #lyrics #music #humor