#long

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#honest #last-long #long-lasting #money #presist

Without turning on the light, I went to my bed and lay down, my arm thrown across the mattress, my hand aching because Grace wasn't underneath it ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#sam-roth #sam

Be not wishing and pining, but thankfully content.  For it is a short bridge between wanting and regret." - from "Dimpellumpzki ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#contentment #gratefulness #longing #pine #pining

There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid the call to something higher. It would be the survival of the least fit. What sort of cesspool may not our poor world become? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#longevity #morality #philosophy #sherlock-holmes

I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat. ↗

— Carol Alt

#always #because #depressed #dinners #doing

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#go #i #i can #long #minute

I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#admit #along #annoyed #being #elsewhere

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#began #directors #i #ignore #liberties

So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time. ↗

— Dario Argento

#critics #haven #i #long #long time

With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose to do it in four issues. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#book #choose #every #four #go