#man

From DW: I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch. ↗

— Tamara Rose Blodgett

#paranormal #paranormal-romance #sci-fi #supernatural #suspense

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#apparatus #challenge #conscience #humanity #legal

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death-penalty #punishment #the-last-day-of-a-condemned-man #vengeance #victor-hugo

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#am #being #certainly #fact #i

We are gods with anuses. ↗

— Ernest Becker

#human-condition #humor #philosofy #psychology #religion

I've had my heart broken one too many times. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#had #heart #heart broken #i #many

When I turn back to Jase, he’s again beaming at me. “You’re nice.” He sounds pleased, as if he hadn’t expected this aspect of my personality. ↗

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

#humour #romance #young-adult #young-adult-romance #funny

Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had the right eyes and smile and name. She knew how he looked--the angel in her dream--but she didn't know how to find him. Should she roller-skate through the streets in the evenings when the streetlights flicker on? Should she stow away to Jamaica on a cruise ship and search for him in the rain forests and along the beaches? Would he come to her? Was he waiting, dreaming of her in the same way she waited and dreamed? ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#love #romance #unrequited #dreams

sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love. ↗

— Jake Vander Ark

#drowning #romance #suicide #tattoo #teen

Tatiana said. "Go on with Dasha. She is right for you. She is a woman and I'm-" "Blind!", Alexander exclaimed. Tatiana stood, desolately failing in the battle of her heart. "Oh, Alexander. What do you want from me..." "Everything", he whispered fiercely. ↗

— Paullina Simons

#romance #tatiana-and-alexander #the-bronze-horseman #love