#isa

I live in the present because the future is always chancy. When it comes to being with you, I'm willing to take the risk. ↗

— Cinda Williams Chima

#love #raisa #love

The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous. ↗

— Emil Cioran

#reproduction #love

Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love. ↗

— Philip Yancey

#love #love

Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing and because of the global nature of the economy. ↗

— Andy Stern

#because #both #disappearing #economy #global

We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams. ↗

— Kate Chisman

#disappointment #divorce #envy #heartache #heartbreak

Disappear, she says. I love that word. ↗

— Will Christopher Baer

#words #love

Oh Mom, it turns out my knight in shining armor was just some liar in tinfoil. ↗

— Taryn Plendl

#love-hurts #sadness #love

Love is a place for your heart to get broken. ↗

— Hector Schiller

#fear #love #love

He caressed the side of her jaw with his fingertips, sending a light shiver down her spine. "I should warn you that if we lose the paper, we'll have to sell the house.” “That’s fine.” “And the furniture.” “I don’t care.” “And—“ “We can pawn, sell, and trade off everything we own… but if you dare say one thing about my diamond, you’ll regret it for the rest of your married life. This ring is mine, and it's not leaving my finger." He grinned at her vehemence. "I wasn’t going to say anything about your ring, honey.” Bending down to kiss her, he left wet handprints on the waist and bodice of her gown, but Lucy was too enthralled by his hearty kiss to protest. "You taste like coffee," she whispered when his lips left hers. "I could do with more." "Coffee or kisses?" "Always more kisses . . . ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#lisa-kleypas #love-come-to-me #lucy #life

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand. ↗

— John Ortberg

#expectation-s #leadership #art