#nor

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#perspective #social-norms #society #life

I was terrified of what might have happened to you," I choked out. "I was terrified thinking the same about you." "The devilcraft-" I began. Patch exhaled beneath me, and my body dipped with his. His breath carried relief and raw emotion. His eyes, stripped of everything but sincerity, found mine. "My skin can be replaced. But you can't, Angel. When Dante left, I thought it was over. I thought I'd failed you. I've never prayed so hard in my life. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#finale #hush-hush #love #nora-grey #patch-and-nora

Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#conduct-of-life #double-standards #hypocrisy #morality #social-norms

I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books. ↗

— Christina Dodd

#life

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. ↗

— Joe Ancis

#normality #people #life

The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#life

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance. ↗

— Robert Quillen

#discussion #exchange #ignorance #knowledge

I look for you in every life, but I don't always find you. And sometimes I find you too late. ↗

— Kirsten Miller

#paranormal #romance #life

He brushed my curls back off my face. “I never pictured my life so complete. I never thought I’d have everything I want. You’re everything to me, Angel. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora #patch #life

So, this is how it's become? This is how I've become? A walking contradiction? I'm surrounded by people and feel alone. I claim to crave a bit of normalcy but now that I have some, it's like I don't know what to do with it, I don't know how to be a normal person anymore. ↗

— Gayle Forman

#life #lonely #normal #life