#les

Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level. ↗

— Richard Rohr

#discipleship #leadership #leadership

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God." Aristotle ↗

— Bruce Wayne Sullivan

#animals #childhood-memories #dogs #good-book #life-struggles

No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges.  That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches.  But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#difficulties #hardship #life #richelle #richelle-goodrich

There's nothing unusual about love. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#hot-water-music #love

So you're still in love with my brother." -Wendy Avery ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#love #love

I love who you are, yesterday, now, tomorrow, always. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#tales-of-an-extraordinary-girl #twice-as-hot #love

You smell good," he whispered into my neck. He was warm against me. Instinctively, I arched back into him and smiled. "Really?" "Mmm-hmm. Delicious. Like bacon. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#humor #mara-dyer #noah-shaw #ya #humor

Is there any point asking what you're going to make me do on Sunday?" "Not really." Okay. "Is there any point asking what you're going to do to me?" He grinned wickedly. "Not really." Fabulous. "Does it involve the use of a safe word?" "That will depend entirely on you." Noah moved impossibly closer, just inches away. A few freckles disappeared into the scruff on his jaw. "I'll be gentle," Noah added. My breath caught in my throat as he looked at me from beneath those lashes, ruining me. I narrowed my eyes at him. "You're evil." In response, Noah smiled, and raised his finger to gently tap the tip of my nose. "And you're mine," he said, then walked away. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#humor #mara-dyer #noah-shaw #sexy #ya

You look as scary as a buttered muffin. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#harmlessness #humor #tortall #humor

Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #kane-chronicles #humor