#lia

What's the bigger risk: Taking the risk, or not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by taking the risk, even if you fail? ↗

— Kya Aliana

#kya-aliana #life #love #motivational #quote

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point ↗

— Elizabeth Peters

#men

...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#parliament #love

A tall blonde entered the room, wearing a yellow sash that marked her as advocate. Two men followed her, carrying papers. She was lean and long-legged, with a graceful neck and nice ankles, and William took a minute to watch her come down the aisle. She looked high-strung and difficult. Still, good legs. Mmm, smelled of mimosa, too. Expensive scent. Cerise smelled better, when clean. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#william #men

He squinted up at the straining muscular backs of the stone men supporing the dome. "You'll have to take me to some museums," he said. He was being the young man on the road, following the sun because gray weather made him suicidal, writing his poetry in his mind in diners and gas station men's rooms across the country. "But I did see a show of Hopper once. And I like his light. It was kind of lonely or something. Or, "The world's a mess, it's in my kiss,' like John and Exene say," he mumbled. We were in a leather store on Market Street being punks on acid with skunk-striped hair and steel-toed boots. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#francesca-lia-block #thorn #men

Amicu certus in re incerta cernitur' [A true friend is a friend when in difficulty] ↗

— Quintus Ennius

#inspirational #reliability #friendship

The Doctor puffed out some air and looked down to the sea. 'A very charming man. I should be more careful of very charming men... At least I don't have that problem with you, Rory.' 'Oi,' said Rory. ↗

— James Goss

#doctor-who #rory-williams #the-doctor #men

Women are obliged to be far more skillful than men” Glenn Close’s character, Dangerous Liaisons “You’ll find that shame is like the pain, you only feel it once” Glenn Close’s character, Dangerous Liaisons ↗

— Christopher Hamptom

#men

Hope is boss. ↗

— Ramon Williamson

#inspirational-quotes #motivation #motivational-quotes #ramon-williamson #success

We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice! ↗

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

#determination #inspiring #pakistan #retaliation #inspirational