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He had to get inside. It was essential that he know everything, the routes she took, her schedule, and the lay of the land. The silver moon glowed overhead, mocking him. Somewhere in the trees an owl hooted its laughter at his failure. Randy--from Spring Cleaning--Coming Summer 2012 ↗

— Brandi Salazar

#dark #husbands #marriage #stalker #marriage

If you mean Miss Austen, I don't find her particularly romantic," Tasmin declared. "Can't say that I care much about the marriage arrangements among the middle classes." Tasmin Berrybender ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#jane-austen #romance #tasmin #marriage

[I]t is dangerous for a bride to be apologetic about her husband. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#husbands #inequality #inferiority #marriage #matrimony

As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial. ↗

— Criss Jami

#aristotle #awesomeness #consistency #excellence #habit

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream. ↗

— Chris Brown

#artist #basically #concerned #determination #dream

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang. ↗

— R. Scott Bakker

#philosophy #men

The best luck always happens to people who don't need it. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#happenstance #luck #need #privilege #men

Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect. ↗

— Sarah Mally

#christian #christian-living #girls #purity #respect

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place. ↗

— John Buchan

#fortitude #knives #loyalty #men #murder

I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all. ↗

— Criss Jami

#fortunate #fortune #happiness #inspirational #negativity