#inn

He’d spent his life being a perfect gentleman. He’d never been a flirt. He’d never been a rogue. He hated being the center of attention, but by God, he wanted to be the center of her attention. He wanted to do the wrong thing, the bad thing. He wanted to pull her into his arms and carry her to her bed. He wanted to peel every last inch of her clothing from her body, and then he wanted to worship her. He wanted to show her all the things he wasn’t sure he knew how to say. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#julia-quinn #just-like-heaven #marcus #life

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation. ↗

— David Baker

#always #assimilation #ever #got #i

...and in fact the only way I can deal with this eerie situation at all is to make a conscious decision that I have already lived and finished the life I planned to live - and everything from now on will be A New Life, a different thing, a gig that ends tonight and starts tomorrow morning. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#endings #life #life

With a quick jerk, Qhuinn wrapped his arms around the single most important person in his life. It was not Layla, although he felt a pang at that denial. It was not John, or his king. It wasn't the brothers. This male was the reason for everything. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blaylock #lover-at-last #qhuinn #qhuinn-and-blay #life

Some days making it to the end of the day is quite the victory. -- Bea ↗

— Jennifer Brown

#victories #winning #life

But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#inner-voice #inner-voicery #invasion #life #lights

The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238 ↗

— Leslie Bratspis

#chinese-wisdom #compassion #inner-wisdom #life-lessons #meditation

All my life I have lived within the very hours of the hands of love. ↗

— Valentinno

#love #romance #valentinno #life

Love is not an exclusive relationship with another person; love is the quality that arises when we are in contact with our inner being, with our authentic self, with the meditative quality within, with the inner silence and emptiness. This inner emptiness is experienced by others and is expressed on the outside as love. This love is not addressed to a specific person; it is a presence and quality that surrounds a person like a fragrance. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#inner-being #love #meditation #relationships #silence

We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don’t have to stay down. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#difficulties #emotional-health #emotional-strength #fortitude #inner-power