#luc

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#change

Say farewell to luck when winning. It is the way of the gamblers of reputation. Quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat. Lock up your winnings when they are enough, or when great. Continuous luck is always suspect; more secure is that which changes. Though half bitter and half sweet, it is more satisfying to the taste. The more luck pyramids, the greater the danger of slip and collapse. For luck always compensates her intensity by her brevity. Fortune wearies of carrying anyone long upon her shoulders. ↗

— Baltasar Gracián

#luck #art

Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#death

She had shown me how to behave when applying for a job, how to show the proper amount of respect, submission, eagerness to please, even though in my heart I would not mean any of those things; she said that as soon as I had the job and was safely in it, I could let my real personality come out. I was not opposed to deception, but I woud have preferred not to start out that way. ↗

— Jamaica Kincaid

#lucy #respect

Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#magic #science #science

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed. ↗

— Lauren Kate

#lauren-kate #luce #miss-sophia #trust

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#remember

She tossed her towel on her dresser and turned to the bed where shed left her PJs. Only it wasn't just her PJs on the bed anymore. Lucas, eyes wide, sat on the foot of her bed, about four feet from where she stood completely naked. She squealed. He laughed. She dashed for the towel. Once she had it around her, she glared from a still grinning Lucas to the door. "I'm killing Della!" He laughed again. "I'm afraid I might have to protect her for this one. ↗

— C.C. Hunter

#chosen-at-nightfall #fun #kylie #lucas #naked