#nora

I do not understand a man who does not want to know all that he can know. Why would anyone choose ignorance? If he chooses ignorance because he is lay, then he is a fool, for the ignorant are put to hard labor digging and hauling stones for masters who tell them they need no knowledge. If a man must labor from dawn to dusk to avoid a blow on the head and to earn a cup of grain, he has no time to gain knowledge and remains a slave to masters. I think, therefore, that is is a worthy vocation to free a man enough that he can learn who he is and what he is capable of, where he came from and what philosophies steer his life. ↗

— Kate Horsley

#knowledge #life #philosophy #life

Even one voice in a wilderness of ignorance is a voice that is heard by someone. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#knowledge #life-lessons #power #truth #life

I love you more than I think I should. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora #nora-grey #patch #patch-cipriano #love

Are you gloating inside? That's what this is about, isn't it? Getting me to trust you so you could blow it up in my face!" [...] "I get that you're angry—," said Patch. "I am ripped apart!" I shouted. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#angry #becca-fitzpatrick #hush #love #nora-grey

Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#love #nora #patch #love

One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora #patch #search #love

I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#love #nora #patch #love

I turned my face up to his. I could hardly look at him the same way. I was crying without realizing I'd started. "You made a deal with Hank. You saved my life. Why would you do that for me?" "Angel," he murmured, clasping my face between his hands. "I don't think you understand the lengths I would go to if it means keeping you here with me. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#hush-hush #love #patch-and-nora #patch-cipriano #silence

I needed him like I'd never needed anyone. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora #nora-grey #patch-cipriano #love

If anyone were to find out—” I began. Patch kissed me, hard, but with an amused glint in his eye. “If I get caught, it’ll mean the end of kissing you. Do you really think I’d risk that?” His face grew serious. “I know I can’t feel your touch, but I feel your love, Nora. Inside me. It means everything to me. I wish I could feel you the same way you feel me, but I have your love. Nothing will ever outweigh that. Some people go their entire lives never feeling the emotions you’ve given me. There is no regret in that. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora #patch #love