#layer

They set off through the soft lingering light. One cuckoo in the depths of Layer Wood and one in the dense shrubbery of the Dower House were keeping up their eternal question and answer, and in the comparative coolness which had come with the evening all the scents of summer had magnified." Norah Lofts ↗

— Norah Lofts

#dower-house #layer-wood #love #love

It was a Friday night, she was at a club, and a good-looking man was currently giving her the I-want-to-take-you-home-and-I-hope-I-last-longer-than-five-minutes look… and she was thinking about pie, a young adult book, and feeding her cat. She was so turning into the cat lady at twenty-seven. Sweet. ↗

— J. Lynn

#jennifer-l-armentrout #tempting-the-player #young-adult

I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#constantly #evolve #i #ideas #layers

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate. ↗

— Guy Lafleur

#appreciate #around #gift #involved #kind

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike. ↗

— Guy Lafleur

#family #felt #higher #mentally #money

In life I've learned one thing; if you want to be good you have to connect with the best people. So I got very close to the high-stakes players here. I get to watch them and play with them a little bit. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#bit #close #connect #get #good

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. ↗

— Tommy Lasorda

#go #i #out #people #people say

Christ, he was paranoid about criticism. I used to say: why doesn't he worry about the team and forget what people are saying? He got Phil Thompson, who was a kid coming through when I was a Liverpool player, to have a go at me. So now I don't talk to him. ↗

— Ian St. John

#christ #coming #criticism #forget #go

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#exceptional #fighters #great #nature #players

I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but all the players believe we can win some silverware next season and it is important that we are all kept together. ↗

— Robbie Keane

#been #believe #happy #i #i am