#ma

Well, I’ve had my fun; I’ve had it, he thought, looking up at the swinging baskets of pale geraniums. And it was smashed to atoms—his fun, for it was half made up, as he knew very well; invented, this escapade with the girl; made up, as one makes up the better part of life, he thought—making onself up; making her up; creating an exquisite amusement, and something more. But odd it was, and quite true; all this one could never share—it smashed to atoms. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#imagination #invention #life #truths #imagination

Sin embargo, conocí a muchos internados que supieron ser fieles a su dignidad humana hasta el mismo fin. Los nazis lograron degradarlos físicamente, pero no fueron capaces de rebajarlos moralmente. Gracias a estos pocos, no he perdido totalmente mi fe en la humanidad. Si en la misma jungla de Birkenau no todos fueron necesariamente inhumanos con sus hermanos hombres, indudablemente hay todavía esperanzas. Esta esperanza es la que me hace vivir. ↗

— Olga Lengyel

#holocaust #human-nature #inspirational #nazism #strength

Don’t take this the wrong way. Don’t take this to mean I don’t like you, because I do. But I have totally wanted to get in your pants since the day I met you. ↗

— Lauren Blakely

#romance #sexiness #love

Love, endure, persist... Everything will return to you, innocent fool! ↗

— Raheel Farooq

#love #persistence #love

Love is about going that extra mile even it if hurts. ↗

— Jennifer Flackett

#love #puppy-love #love

Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say -the pain of being truly alive. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#love #tales-of-love-and-marriage #life

I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love. ↗

— Nick Carter

#anybody #draw #girlfriends #i #i think

Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued. ↗

— Frank Delaney

#the-matchmaker-of-kenmare #marriage

Teknologi itu hanya mempersempit batas, namun batas tidak pernah benar-benar hilang. ↗

— Evi Sri Rezeki

#love

Damn it! Are you so stupid you don't know what I'm going to do to you?" Her eyes bore into his without flinching. "Are you so stupid you haven't figured out yet that it doesn't matter? ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#drama #heart-wrenching #dreams