#mm

TV can be a long commitment. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#long #tv

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence. ↗

— Cornel West

#loyalty #relationships #life

Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#common-sense #offshore-drilling #public-education #united-states #education

He hesitates only a moment before pulling me close, arms tightening around me, mouth meeting mine the same way it did before. Purely, sweetly, wickedly, perfectly. He sighs against my lips, a sound of such relief it echoes through my skin, making me smile and our teeth bump together. I know exactly how he feels. How it feels to come home, to find sanctuary, to be handed that missing piece that makes life not something to be endured, but something to be celebrated. ↗

— Stacey Jay

#juliet #juliet-immortal #stacey-jay #life

Trust Emmett to find the joke in the destruction of my life. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#emmett #life

Everyone in life has a purpose, even if it's to serve as a bad example ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#life

The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain. ↗

— Tim Scott

#because #black #black community #called #community

Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life. ↗

— Charles Scribner, Jr.

#commonplace #cultivated #essential #everyday #everyday life

Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. I wanted middle of the road, stuff I didn’t care about so that I couldn’t lose anything I really loved ever again. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#disappointment #fear-of-commitment #love #relationships #risks

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#life