#louis

If you're gonna fret, fret over something you can change. Then stop fretting and do something about it. ↗

— Kimberly Willis Holt

#change

…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #business

No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck. ↗

— Erik Larson

#nonfiction #st-louis #change

Why doesn't it bother her? Seriously, it doesn't. She's not putting on a front. She's in a serious relationship with a guy who has sex with other women for a living, and it doesn't matter to her." "I married a cop." Roarke smiled at her. "We all have our levels of acceptance. He was an LC when they met, just as she was a doctor, and one who often works in dangerous areas of the city." She shot him the same easy smile. "So...if I'd been an LC when we met, you wouldn't have any problem with me banging other guys. Professionally." "None at all, as I'd kick your ass and murder all of them. But that's my level of acceptance. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#eve-dallas #level-of-acceptance #louise #roarke #death

Mess with my weed again and I’ll be informing Daddy that there was an early casualty on the mission.” I saw him wince at my designation for Mircea and grinned. ↗

— Karen Chance

#louis-cesare #design

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#growing-up #little-women #louisa-may-alcott #dreams

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #women #dreams

They were conscientious, you couldn't deny it, and they were also flabby, heartless sons-of-bitches. In other words, they were well chosen, as mindlessly enthusiastic as any employer could dream of. Sons that would have delighted my mother, worshiping their bosses, if only she could have had one all to herself, a son she could have been proud of in the eyes of the world, a real legitimate son. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

#louis-ferdinand-céline #dreams

My lord...I can explain-," Louis-Cesare began, looking less than certain that he could do anything of the kind. Radu held up a hand. "I am sure there is a perfectly good reason why my niece is naked and tied to her bed. I am also equally certain that I do not wish to hear it". ↗

— Karen Chance

#louis-cesare #radu #equality

…the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #experience