#luc

All I could think about was him, and how much I wanted this, and how incredibly lucky I was to get it, and how tight I was going to hold onto it. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#lucky #love

But he didn't need to seek visual confirmation of what he'd just heard to know she had. And the truth was, he couldn't blame her. He'd not have let her die, either. He'd have moved mountains. He'd have battled God or Devil for his wife's life. She'd betrayed him. He smiled faintly. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#betrayal #cian #highlander #jessi #jessica

I do care, goddamn it! Have you been listening? I. Love. You. I never really knew what that meant until you. ↗

— Shayla Black

#delicious #luc-traverson #love

In the oasis complex, the thirsty man images he sees water, palm trees, and shade not because he has evidence for the belief, but because he has a need for it. Desperate needs bring about a hallucination of their solution: thirst hallucinates water, the need for love hallucinates a prince or princess. The oasis complex is never a complete delusion: the man in the desert does see something on the horizon. It is just that the palms have withered, the well is dry, and the place is infected with locusts. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#love #love

Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One day, and he accepted the fact he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#love

The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came. ↗

— A.E. Housman

#individual #love #lovers #luck #thoughts

I pray. I go to mass. I even remember to respect my elders and help little old ladies across the street. What the hell did I do to deserve this? ↗

— Lora Leigh

#humor #humor

The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree ↗

— Anchee Min

#family

P.S. What the hell. Why not sign off with the traditional American greeting? "Merry Christmas," Uncle Vasile. "Happy holidays to you." P.P.S. Really---"counseling"! ↗

— Beth Fantaskey

#lucius #humor

Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?" Beth: "Yes." Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him. Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman. ↗

— Lucy Monroe

#humor #lucy-monroe #marriage #humor