#new

I solved world hunger.”
 “Yeah, right.” 
“Oh, ye of little faith.”
 “You realize that solving world hunger would mean you’d be doing something good for a change?”
 “Ah, but there’s the kicker: I destroyed my solutions.” He finally looks away from the window and gives me this cocky smirk. “Malevolence 101, Kirk. ↗

— Abria Mattina

#new-adult #change

While you were protecting me from the world, just never thought you'd be my greatest enemy ↗

— Vivian E. Moore

#love

uh, yeah, I love...worms" Classic. Someone should record the gold that flows from my mouth. ↗

— Rachel Van Dyken

#contemporary #mafia-mob #new-adult-romance #love

...surely by now you must know: It’s love; it’s love—but will there ever be good news?... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #uncertainty #unrequited #love

I will Basquiat the canvas of your body like a Broadway Junction wall…and Gordon Parks you for those dark midnights when your scent fades. ↗

— Brandi L. Bates

#brandi-bates #gordon-parks #love #new-york #poetry

We can always be sure of one thing—that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those who wish to preserve at all costs their own contentment. This is not a lesson that is confined to the Testaments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bible #brave-new-world #history #martyrs #old-testament

Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I'm in a coma: Hug me, honey, snuggly bunny; Love's as good as soma. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#love

A veces, el dolor es el único recuerdo de que lo que tuvimos fue real. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#love #new-moon #pain #sadness #love

I loved his enormous aptitude for compassion, adoration and respect. That was his way of showing love. He lacked the capacity for wickedness, and that caressed my belief that he might just be an angel. My angel. ↗

— S.G. Holster

#good-vs-evil #new #paranormal-urban-fantasy-romance #teen #young-adult-romance

We played this game from the west village to the upper east side til around midnight when the Chrysler building was far behind us and we weren’t sure if we were in love anymore. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#new-york-city #love