#julia

You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed... ↗

— Julian Barnes

#change

You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest, pressing her palm flat against his rapidly thumping pulse. "I'm obligated by my heart. It's decided you're essential to my existence, you see. And it's threatening to go out on labor strike if I don't make you mine this very day. So yes. I am here on bended knee, acting from a deep, undeniable sense of obligation. I am, quite simply, yours." He swallowed hard. "If you'll have me. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#love #marriage #romance #stud-club #love

In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for. ↗

— Julia Child

#history #julia-child #mccarthyism #politics #politics-of-the-united-states

The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason as scheme and treason as language. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#count #fundamental #fundamental purpose #fusion #julian

You'll lose your audience and then where will we be? We have future gray-eyed babies to feed, you know. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#bevelstoke #julia-quinn #sebastian-grey #ten-things-i-love-about-you #love

Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts. ↗

— Maria Menounos

#i #integrity #julia #julia roberts #push

I never cheat. I practice Gamesmanship - the art of winning games without actually cheating. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#art

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie. ↗

— George A. Romero

#carry #ed #ed harris #great #harris

Without another word, he lifted her into the carriage and drove her home. He seemed impervious to the cold shoulder she gave him, which irritated her almost as much as the knowing way he had looked at her when he had kissed her senseless. In fact, although his face was stern, he seemed downright cheerful, the cad! ↗

— Julia Keaton

#melantha #ransom #stranger-in-my-bed #home

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude. ↗

— Julia Child

#failure #fear #inspirational #julia-child #love