#our

Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and—oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#arrogance

Cosette, do you hear? he has come to that! he asks my forgiveness! And do you know what he has done for me, Cosette? He has saved my life. He has done more--he has given you to me. And after having saved me, and after having given you to me, Cosette, what has he done with himself? He has sacrificed himself. Behold the man. And he says to me the ingrate, to me the forgetful, to me the pitiless, to me the guilty one: Thanks! Cosette, my whole life passed at the feet of this man would be too little. That barricade, that sewer, that furnace, that cesspool,--all that he traversed for me, for thee, Cosette! He carried me away through all the deaths which he put aside before me, and accepted for himself. Every courage, every virtue, every heroism, every sanctity he possesses! Cosette, that man is an angel! ↗

— Victor Hugo

#remorse #courage

In the desert, the only god is a well. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#desert #desolation #faith #fountain #god

Cal: “Could you write a little bigger? I’m not sure China saw that.” Every Boy's Got One ↗

— Meg Cabot

#cute

If it would benefit you, I would kill every wolf here. But there are things that you need to do -- and interfering with that is not protecting, not in my book. The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#charles #encouragement

But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going To have troubles with me! ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#fight-back #troubles #encouragement

But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed. ↗

— Amy Carmichael

#encouragement #encouragement

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body; use yours to lift someone up today. ↗

— Terri Ann Armstrong

#encouragement

Edward can do everything, right?" I explained. Jasper snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look. "I hope you haven't been showing off-it's rude," she scolded. "Just a bit," he laughed freely. "He's been too modest actually," I corrected. "Well, play for her," Esme encouraged. "You just said showing off was rude," he objected. "There are exceptions to every rule," she replied. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#edward-cullen #esme-cullen #jasper-hale #twilight #encouragement

I'd spent a night with Ranger a while ago, and I knew what happened when he was encouraged. Ranger knew how to make a woman want him. Ranger was magic. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#romance #encouragement