#isa

Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not troubled herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo #law-of-contraries #secret #sisters #louisa-may-alcott

Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it very hard to forgive. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#disappoint #forgive #josephine #life #out-of-love

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#historical-romance #lisa-kleypas #funny

He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons. ↗

— Vasily Grossman

#life

Life is all about balance. Since I have only one leg, I understand that well. ↗

— Sandy Fussell

#disability #life #life

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#corresponding #disadvantage #every

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #especially #fulfill

Jace is in love with the idea of dying,” said Isabelle. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #the-mortal-instruments #tmi #love

We may have agreed to end it kitty , but that didnt inlcude being warm and kind to me as a human ↗

— MKF - Screwed Life

#disappointment #love #pain #life

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash. ↗

— Bill Maher

#environmental-disaster #environmentalism #humour #renewable-energy #environmentalism