#ily

Веднъж се спънах и паднах - продължи тя. - Чаках го както винаги на автобусната спирка пред павилиона, но той закъсня, и когато се зададе, автобусът вече тръгваше. Спуснахме се да го гоним, но аз паднах и си навехнах глезена. А той вика: "Горкото мече-буболече". Задето паднах, де. Горкото мече-буболече, казва. Господи, какъв мил беше. - А Лю няма ли чувство за хумор? - Какво? - Казвам, Лю няма ли чувство за хумор? - Дявол знае. Може и да има. Смее се, като гледа карикатури и разни такива. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#uncle-wiggily-in-connecticut #way-of-life #life

Why must a girl pay so dearly for her least escape," Lily muses as she contemplates the prospect of being bored all afternoon by Percy Grice, dull but undeniably rich, "on the bare chance that he might ultimately do her the honor of boring her for life? ↗

— Edith Wharton

#life

She kept me from living in back alleys and going back to drugs. I paid her back, but I owed her a lot more than the money. Emily saved my life.” Buck Jamison in Goodbye Emily ↗

— Michael Murphy

#michael-murphy #life

On July 3, 1968, Chairman Mao issued an order calling for the ruthless suppression of class enemies. He wanted all members of the Five Black Categories to be eliminated, together with TWENTY THREE NEW TYPES of enemy , which included anyone who had ever served as a policeman before the Liberation, or who had been sent to prison or labor camp. And not only them but their family and distant relatives as well. That’s a lot of people. Yes. Just think, the literal meaning of the Chinese characters for “revolution” is “elimination of life ↗

— Ma Jian

#cultural-revolution #family

It's hard to explain how this works, and I admit that it's fairly implausible or untenable as a way of life, but that seems to be how I go about my days: peaceably in person, fiercely on paper. ↗

— Katie Roiphe

#writing #life

And, while Cinderella and her prince did live happily ever after, the point, gentlemen, is that they lived. ↗

— Ever After

#ever-after #happily-ever-after #life #movie-quote #life

I think we ought to live happily ever after. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#love #love

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#love

You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#love #marilyn-monroe #my-story #love

We all screw up. Everyone makes mistakes. That’s what she did. It was bad judgment, that’s all. You don’t cut off the people you love for mistakes like that. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#sydney-sage #the-golden-lily #love