#les

I get up and pace the room, as if I can leave my guilt behind me. But it tracks me as I walk, an ugly shadow made by myself. ↗

— Rosamund Lupton

#betrayal #carelessness #guilt #mental-health #attitude

So you and the lovely Agent Scully are going down to investigate?' Frohike said, sounding hopeful. 'Yeah, we leave for Cancun tomorrow.' 'Our tax dollars at work,' Langly snorted. 'I'd love to see Agent Scully with a healthy tropical tan,' Frohike said. 'Down, Frohike,' Mulder said. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#langley #mulder #scully #taxes #the-lone-gunmen

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#art

Never mistrust, unless given a reason. ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#life-lessons #reason #trust #experience

I wrote my first novel, McFarlane Boils The Sea, under the influence of Kelman and Proust, which is like drinking a cocktail of Bowmore and Châteauneuf du Pape. (James Meek in interview with TMO) ↗

— James Meek

#marcel-proust #peoples-act-of-love #scottish-writers #love

Love's a funny thing, especially with a man who gets paid to put junk in other people's slots. (The Mail Man) ↗

— Andrew Sturm

#inspirational #kirkwood #life-lessons #project #inspirational

Each time a girl approached the table, Mortimer would smile. Like this: And each time the girl would shriek and run away. ↗

— Kelly DiPucchio

#love #smiles #zombies #love

Cultivate a positive mental attitude. Your attitude influences your perceptions and your perceptions influence your decisions and your decisions influence your reality. ↗

— Deon Potgieter

#attitude

You're so... You're too... You're..." He faltered, then took a deep breath. "I have no words for you, Sita. You leave me speechless." I smiled and pinched his buttock so he twitched. "Speechless? Gods, I've broken you. I never would have deemed it possible to render you speechless. ↗

— Erica Dakin

#love #pillow-talk #romance #sex #speechless

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again ↗

— Og Mandino

#love