#mel

So it's Mr. Wiggin and Who The Hell Are You.' 'About right,' Bean replied. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#nameless-hero #humor

Once I had a little dog who used to look at me with sad eyes when I coughed: he was the only living creature I have ever loved. ↗

— Dumas Fils

#love

Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#death #duration #eternal #eternal life #eternity

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#been #clearly #cultural #define #dismissed

Galadriel his sister went not with him to Nargothrond, for in Doriath dwelt Celeborn, kinsman of Thingol, and there was great love between them. Therefore she remained in the Hidden Kingdom, and abode with Melian, and of her learned great lore and wisdom concerning Middle-earth. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#doriath #galadriel #melian #middle-earth #middle-earth-first-age

Without another word, he lifted her into the carriage and drove her home. He seemed impervious to the cold shoulder she gave him, which irritated her almost as much as the knowing way he had looked at her when he had kissed her senseless. In fact, although his face was stern, he seemed downright cheerful, the cad! ↗

— Julia Keaton

#melantha #ransom #stranger-in-my-bed #home

Be first, different & daring ↗

— James D. Roumeliotis

#james-roumeliotis #business

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#lyrics #melody #music #beauty

I Love You in that Big, Over the Edge, Deep Dark Way. ↗

— Amanda Woodward

#melrose-place #love

Masculine exhalations are, as a rule, stronger, more vivid,more widely differentiated than those of women. In the odor of young men there is something elemental, as of fire, storm, and salt sea. It pulsates with buoyancy and desire. It suggests all the things strong and beautiful and joyous and gives me a sense of physical happiness. ↗

— Helen Keller

#smell #beauty