#pa

Nobody likes to life anchors. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#life

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#nicholas-sparks #romance #the-notebook #love

Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #love

If I had my wilderness, nature could be my lover. What can I do in the paved streets for my thirsty roots? I waste time. I encourage fools. I slip the vital hours into penny slot machines -- to pass time, to start my stuck wheels only love can oil. ↗

— Elizabeth Smart

#love

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. ↗

— Michael Levine

#parenting

For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #will-herondale

She did not belong to Will-she was too much herself to belong to anyone, even Jem-but she belonged with them, and silently he cursed the Consul for not seeing it. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #tessa-gray

Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #page- #tessa-gray

It was good to be here with Hem and Cecily an Charlotte, to be surrounded by their affection, but without her there would always be something missing, a Tessa-shaped part chiseled out of his heart that he could never get back. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #page- #tessa-gray

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#before #chance #get #gets #halfway