#ma

Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#world-war-ii

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations. ↗

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

#each #his #inclinations #man #own

I can take two people, throw a world of obstacles at them, defy the odds, and still give them a happily-ever-after. Together. I am a romance author. What's your superpower? ↗

— Kelly Moran

#happily-ever-after #love #romance-author #writer-quotes #love

It was not a great presence but a great absence, a geometric ocean of darkness that seemed to swallow heaven itself. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#zeppelin #world-war-ii

Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded like gunshots on the marble floor. Clary wondered if Isabelle's propensity for unsuitable footwear was genetic. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #maryse-lightwood #city-of-fallen-angels

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#forgives #him #man #outwit #save

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#broker #human #human race #i #i do

I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners. ↗

— Edmund Ironside

#germany #history #world-war-ii #world-war-ii

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't. ↗