#love

What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love. ↗

— Théophile Gautier

#love #seduction #life

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#approves #brave #business #conduct #conscience

I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself. ↗

— Tim Vine

#contain #doing #hardly #i #i can

I love acting, but it's all just a bonus. ↗

— Tim Vine

#bonus #i #i love #just #love

You know what I really love? The CD players in a car. How when you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like it's hungry. It pulls it in, and you feel like it wants more silver discs. ↗

— Tom Waits

#car #cd #discs #feel #hand

George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved. ↗

— Tom Waits

#george #george burns #i #loved #particularly

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it. ↗

— Tom Waits

#belong #call #dues #feel #like

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#live #love #love is #ultimate #will

Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#country #devil #god #handle #her

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#language #love #sometimes #spoken #today