#ma

Yes, as Rhett had prophesied, marriage could be a lot of fun. Not only was it fun but she was learning many things. That was odd in itself, because Scarlett had thought life could teach her no more. Now she felt like a child, every day on the brink of a new discovery. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#marriage #life

It would be very nice if there were a God who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#religion #sigmund-freud #life

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards. ↗

— George Eliot

#submission #life

I know a person who, though no poet, composed some verses in a very short time, which were full of feeling and admirably descriptive of her pain: they did not come from her understanding, but, in order the better to enjoy the bliss which came to her from such delectable pain, she complained of it to her God. She would have been so glad if she could have been cut to pieces, body and soul, to show what joy this pain caused her. What torments could have been set before her at such a time which she would not have found it delectable to endure for her Lord's sake? ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#catholic #chapter-xvi #masochism #submission #life

But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the first time in her life, Katie had put herself first. Put her own wants and needs above everything and everyone else. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#everyone #everything #first-time #had-known #lie

You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything! ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#life #philosophy #short-story #life

She was telling me that I had a life of disappointment before me if I continued to love him as I did. A love that is too strong can turn poisonous and bring great unhappiness. And then, what is the remedy? Can you unlearn your heart's desire? Can you stop loving someone? Easier to drown yourself; easier to take the lover's leap. ↗

— Alma Katsu

#love #pain #romance #life

i am nothing special. just a common man with common thoughts,and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicaated to me and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul and for me that has always been enough. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life

You wouldn’t be here if you didn’t care, Abby.” “I don’t.” She glared at him, so full of life she almost glowed. “You do.” He kissed the pouting lips lightly. “And I’m going to keep you. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#erotic-romance #romance #life

Be careful with my fiancée. I love her more than life itself. Nick...You make me all fluttery. No one has ever made me fluttery. How do you that? Ridiculously pleased he smiled. What can I say? It's magic. Take care, babe. ↗

— Marie Force

#life