#mar

We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots? ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#goblin #market #rossetti #men

I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed her. The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as it the world had switched to high definition. "No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#jasper #mark-of-athena #piper-mclean #rick-riordan #grace

...one should not only be smart in his head, but one should also be smart in how he relates to other people. ↗

— Daniel Whyte III

#men

...so when you didn't mention marriage again I assumed that you had been talking idly, the way men do when they're feeling romantic. ↗

— Andrew Davidson

#marriage

Of course, fashions come and go but metrosexuality isn’t a fashion – it’s an epoch. It represents a fundamental shift in what men are allowed to be and to want. Men are now permitted to be ‘passive’ – inviting our gaze. ↗

— Mark Simpson

#men #metrosexual #metrosexuality #men

Then there are the simple things. The way she fits against my side when we’re sitting together. How she can silence my addled thoughts with one look. The sound of my name from her lips. The way she can make a moment, any moment, a thousands times better when she is there. How the simplest pleasures in life become exciting with the promise of sharing the experience with her. ↗

— Erik Tomblin

#forever-and-a-day #friends #future #human #inspiration

That word is 'willing.' It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It's like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend. ↗

— Stephen Kendrick

#love #marriage #willingness #attitude

Pain. You overwhelm me," he said quietly. "And every time I see you or think of you, I can't grab a brush fast enough. I thought I couldn't paint you, but it turns out I've been painting you all along, from the beginning, before I even knew you. ↗

— Joey W. Hill

#thomas #nature

My birth is imminent. Forgive me, brethren. Do not prevent me from coming to life. – As he faced the prospect of being devoured by wild beasts for his faith ↗

— St. Ignatius

#new-birth #faith

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. ↗

— Iain Banks

#determines #fascist #free-market #matter #out