#ma

The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences of men…In a large community, we can choose our companions. In a small community, our companions are chosen for us. Thus in all extensive and highly civilized society groups come into existence founded upon sympathy, and shut out the real world more sharply than the gates of a monastery. There is nothing really narrow about the clan; the thing which is really narrow is the clique. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#small-towns #men

What would you like to do with my neck?’ I asked. ‘Seduce me with your words. Feel free. ↗

— James Lusarde

#erotic-romance #erotica #love #men-and-women #romance

So many men treat their wives badly, or indifferently, or with barely contained impatience. Josh doesn't mind-- no that's not right--he insists on openly showing his love and respect for me. ↗

— Lynn Morris

#love #marriage #patience #relationships #respect

I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night. ↗

— Erin McCarthy

#romantic #sunset #vegas-vampires #romantic

jika bahagian terbaik dari hidup adalah mati maka bahagian terbaik dari tidur adalah mimpi. ↗

— Adrie

#inspirational #life #mati #mimpi #inspirational

Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down. ↗

— Matt Forbeck

#matt-forbeck #inspirational

Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own. ↗

— Federico Chini

#inspiration #sculpturing #writing #imagination

To cease to wonder is to fall plumb-down from the childlike to the commonplace—the most undivine of all moods intellectual. Our nature can never be at home among things that are not wonderful to us. ↗

— George MacDonald

#humanity #inspirational #religion #theology #wonder

Success is not money, cars, fame or material possessions but the lives you touched positively. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#god #ifeanyi-enoch-onuoha #immortality #inspirational #leadership-torch

At one time, we all were Gods. ↗

— Bjorn Street

#eye-of-horus-mystery-school #high-priest #inspirational #master-ani #sci-fi