#ipr

We still have a lot to talk about," I said. "Talk?" He shook his head, his eyes full of desire. Kiss, he whispered to my thoughts. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#funny #hush-hush #kiss #nora-and-patch #nora-grey

God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#even #everywhere #extends #father #god

Patch leaned back against the booth and arched his eyebrows at me. The gesture said it all: Pay up. "You got lucky," I said. "I'm about to get lucky. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#crescendo #cute #funny #get-lucky #hush-hush

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#cameras #campaign #captured #complicated #covered

Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

#denotes #exchange #existing #given #objects

Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#causes #each #every #evidently #form

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#essential #first #internal #members #reciprocal

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#consequences #karma #pay-it-forward #reciprocity #responsibility

Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path. ↗

— Rumi

#love #love

My mom's coming home soon," I said. "We should go to your place." Patch ran a hand across the shadow of stubble along his jaw. "I have rules about who I take there." I was getting really tired of that answer. "If you showed me, you'd have to kill me?" I guessed, fighting the urge to feel irritated. "Once I'm inside, I can never leave?" Patch studied me a moment. Then he reached into his pocket, twisted a key off his key chain, and slipped it into the front pocket of my pajama top. "Once you've gone inside, you have to keep coming back. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#crescendo #cute #hush-hush #nora-and-patch #nora-grey