#k

The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#knowledge #truth #men

Holding Hawke’s gaze in a way that not many men could, Walker said, “You will be good to her.” Not a statement, but an order. Hawke’s wolf stirred. “Do you think I’d be otherwise?” “If I did, you’d be dead. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#walker #men

People complain about the bad things that happen to em that they don't deserve but they seldom mention the good. About what they done to deserve them things ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#men

And it feels like, finally. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#monsters-of-men #patrick-ness #viola #men

Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #men

We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars. ↗

— Mark Lawrence

#clothes #die #empire #king #little

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. ↗

— Dion Boucicault

#killing #kills #men #quietly #talk

As the Promethean fire which banished Darkness, so Knowledge bears the Power and the Light. ↗

— Leanna Renee Hieber

#knowledge #mythology #beauty

Froi saw the rage in Arjuro’s eyes, his clenched fists. ‘If I could find the men who did those things to you as a child I would tear them limb from limb.’ Froi embraced him. ‘One day,’ Froi said, clearing his voice of emotion, ‘I’ll introduce you to my queen and my king and my captain; and Lord August and Lady Abian, who have given me a home; and the Priestking and Perri and Tesadora and my friend Lucian; and then you’ll understand that I would never have met them if you hadn’t journeyed to Sarnak all those years ago, Arjuro. And if the gods were to give me a choice between living a better life, having not met them, or a wretched life with the slightest chance of crossing their path, then I'd pick the wretched life over and over again.’ He kissed Arjuro’s brow. Finnikin called it a blessing between two male blood kin. It always had made Froi ache seeing it between Finnikin and Trevanion. ‘I'd live it again just to have crossed all of your paths. Keep safe, Arjuro. Keep safe so I can bring your brother home to you. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#charyn #finnikin #froi #lumatere #lumatere-chronicles

I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#guys #men #mindy-kaling #shoes #men