#nights

This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#king-arthur #knights #love #magic #merlin

She would but be repaid by my taking her to wife, and that I could not grant her, for love cometh of the heart and mot by constraint. ↗

— Rupert S. Holland

#lancelot #love #medieval #love

Zoe ordered the Hunters to start loading. She picked up her camping pack, and Apollo said, "Here, sweetheart. Let me get that." Zoe recoiled. Her eyes flashed murderously. "Brother," Artemis chided. "You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#artemis #zoe-nightshade #murder

I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me. ↗

— Mose Allison

#been #consecutive #good #i #many

As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going. ↗

— Tori Amos

#going #had #life #nights #question

I think a platform is missing its go-go dancer, Sabine." Fey's brutal tone cut through our courtesies. ↗

— Andrea Cremer

#lol #nightshade #sabine #lol

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing. ↗

— Jim Evans

#dad #during #him #i #nights

I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point. ↗

— Edie Falco

#feel #files #five #forensic #friends

You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#centre #composer #face #fact #festival

Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights! ↗

— Ronald Graham

#day #enough #every #every day #got