#lou

You can't lie to God - it's ridiculous. ↗

— Jimmy Swaggart

#lie #ridiculous #you

The same beautiful receptionist greeted Christian who had met him before and she extended the same lush invitation as she had the last time. Victoria's eyes narrowed and Christian chuckled under his breath at her jealousy."Relax chérie, she's paid to do that." "Well, she didn't come on to me, so obviously she's not doing her job properly," Victoria said. Christian laughed. ↗

— Amalie Howard

#jealousy #romantic #supernatural #ya #beauty

I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #louisa-may-alcott

Perhaps it would have been better if he had killed me; my life is spoilt. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #life

…growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was sure that her whole life could be settled by one human creature, quite forgetting how wonderfully Providence trains us by disappointment, surprises us with unexpected success, and turns our seeming trials into blessing. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #youth #life

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ↗

— George Eliot

#jealousy #neighborhood #jealousy

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it! ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#romance #louisa-may-alcott

We pledge to fight 'blue-sky thinking wherever we find it. Life would be dull if we had to look up at cloudless monotony day after day. ↗

— Gavin Pretor-Pinney

#science #life

I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #men

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #mothers #love