#ip

He looks like a man.' 'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#description

After a week he was moved to a different wing and into a shared six-by-eight with a grizzled old con called Alf. He had faded tattoos that stained most of the visible skin on his hands, arms and neck a dull blue, sharp eyes and a thick beard that made his mouth look like an axe wound on a bear. ↗

— R.D. Ronald

#prison #prisoner #description

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#psychology #remaining-silent #reticence #silence #gossip

My mind wanders to the other side of the courtyard, where St. Clair waits with Josh in Q-through-Z. I wonder if I have any classes with him. I mean, them. Classes with them. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#anna-oliphant #stephanie-perkins #french

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#militarism #victory

The end of a relationship is not always a failure. Sometimes all the love in the world is not enough to save something. In these cases, it is not a matter of fault from either person. Some things cannot be, it's as simple as that. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#fault #goodbyes #love #relationships #love

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#wine

If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#personal-relationships #connection

Gratitude is nutrition for a living relationship. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#love #nutrition #relationships #experience

Sometimes love can be both the punishment and the crime. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#in-love #love #punishment #relationships #experience