#om

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past. ↗

— Jean Froissart

#entered #forge #i #material #noble

She [Pansy] pushed in next to Poppy so that she could see him around the guard's elbow. She was as tall as Poppy, with shining dark-brown hair and blue eyes. An utterly lovely girl, as all the princesses were, yet Oliver thought Petunia was far more beautiful. ↗

— Jessica Day George

#jessica-day-george #oliver #petunia #princess-of-the-silver-woods #romance

Once your past no longer has the power to define you, your future is, quite literally, yours for the taking. Every single beautiful thing you could possibly want or imagine will be yours. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#future #goals #our-pasts #overcoming-fear #past

We operate under the notion that America actually belongs to us Christians, and that we belong to it. We believe that the church and the state can make beautiful music together if only they would cooperate. We believe that the preaching of the Kingdom of God and the rallying around the red, white, and blue are always compatible. We believe the lie of the Serpent that we can hold to the sacrificial, life-giving, peace-pursuing, cheek-turning way of Christ and hold to the poisonous, domineering, power-hungry, least-of-these-abusing systems of the Empire. But this is impossible. ↗

— Ronnie McBrayer

#beauty

When you’re busy, avoid taking the quickest action. Instead make the extra effort to truly serve the customer. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #inspirational #self-improvement #success #business

But first I had to get through the ironing. It took a lot of patience. I had none. It took forever, and then I had to press the whole shirt again to get out the creases I’d pressed into it. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#humour #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

Plastic surgery is for dolls. I am a mannequin of life. I have a particularly charming effect when seen through glass. ↗

— Bauvard

#good-looks #handsomeness #humor #plastic-surgery #funny

I had shaved my beard for her-a huge disappointment, because I’d enjoyed my three weeks looking like a bank robber. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#humour #romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

But you don't know what it was like. It was just the two of us that afternoon, and then . . . and then it was just me. ↗

— Carol Rifka Brunt

#home

From Chloe's Secret--coming soon “What are you saying?” “I’m saying I want to have a relationship with you. I want to love you.” “Is there a ‘but’ coming next?” “But the funny thing is, when I didn’t want to love you—it happened anyway.” He slipped his arms into my back pockets and hugged the breath out of me. I choked, my eyes stung. “I don’t know what to say.” He smiled. “Say whatever you want to. Just because I said it, you don’t have to.” He was right; I didn’t have to. He wasn’t asking anything of me. ↗

— Shelley K. Wall

#fiction #romance #romantic-comedy #funny