#lei

Despite himself, Beauvoir laughed. "There is strong shadow where there is much light." ... But most he loved a happy human face. ↗

— Louise Penny

#love

The end of labor is to gain leisure. ↗

— Aristotle

#gain #labor #leisure

What good does it do you to love? ↗

— Trisha Leigh

#deshi #dissidents #love #love-hurts #lucas

...A madeleine moment - a sound, a scent can incant her presence... ↗

— John Geddes

#proustian-madeleine #love

And there, tucked in his soul, was the love he felt for Sabella since the moment he had seen her. ↗

— Lora Leigh

#love-at-first-sight #malone #nathan #noah #sabella

She looked around the room, glanced over him and Micah waited. Her Gaze passed him, then again. On the third pass she lingered as she continued to watch her, allowing his gaze to memorize those features just before her eyes met his. A jolt od power flashed through him. Her ligth blue eyes flickered with interest, fear, then interest again, as though she wasn't certain which she should feel. He let his gaze continue to hers, let his mind reach out to her, soothe her, ease her. He used his eyes rather than his expression to calm the fear that he knew he would be rising within her. Micah knew the power of a look. When two people touched from across a distance, that touch could be frightening, wary, or a stroke of gentleness. He stroked her gently. He never let his eyes dip below her chin; rather, he let himself take in every nuance of expression, every shift of each facial motion, the flicker of her lashes, the shadows in her eyes, the tension in her small body. She was like a little bird ready to fly. Poised at the edge of her seat.her body stiff and prepared to run. Easy, little bird, he thought, letting his thoughts touch his gaze. There is no pain here; there is no fear. ↗

— Lora Leigh

#fear #lora-leigh #love-at-first-sight #micah #risa

Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost of working longer hours may reduce the quality of your life. More importantly, the fact that the citizens of a country work longer than others in comparable countries does not necessarily mean that they like working longer hours. They may be compelled to work long hours, even if they actually want to take longer holidays. ↗

— Ha-Joon Chang

#leisure #quality-of-life #time #work #change

Life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now. ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#love

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. ↗

— Francine Jay

#minimalism #productivity #inspirational

They can rip you bring you down, down to their size, but they will never get to the heart you hold inside. ↗

— Little Mix

#jade-thirlwall #jesy-nelson #leigh-ann-pinnock #little-mix #lyrics