#lovely

It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself ↗

— Roald Dahl

#lovely #love

Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan scornful mouth smiled and I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#prose #the-great-gatsby #love

Quand le doigt montre le ciel, l’imbécile regarde le doigt. [When a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at the finger.] ↗

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

#fate #lovely #message #philosophical #philosophy

Su aliento le llegaba anhelante y él lo sentía tibio sobre sus labios ↗

— A.J. Cronin

#love

Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” - Victor Bramwell, Earl of Rycliff. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#lovely #manly #sweet #love

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up! ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#also #being #good #grew #grown

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#definitely #enjoyed #gig #him #i

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#bible #bit #cell #consolation #could

It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it. ↗

— Anna Held

#i #lovely #much #prefer #quite

I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#before #doing #done #going #i