#plea

While it has been hurtful to my family and me to read constantly in the media that I was under investigation, I am pleased that as expected my spending has been found to be in order. ↗

— Peter Slipper

#been #constantly #expected #family #found

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#because #busy #chaos #children #family

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family. ↗

— Kate Smith

#family #friends #friends and family #most #own

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am? ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#being #could #greatest #greatest pleasure #i

So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes. ↗

— Mika Waltari

#does #eyes #heart #him #his

The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment He has scattered broadcast...The security we crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an obstacle to our return to God...Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#pain #pleasure #suffering #home

I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense. ↗

— Jerry Wexler

#down #great #hear #her #i

The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years. ↗

— Kit Williams

#chariot #collector #home #i #knowing

The way I miss my daughter Esme is to worry about her. It is not a pleasurable longing. It contorts my body and scrambles my brain, makes me stop breathing, clench my jaw and my fists, it makes me frown, and makes me blind and deaf, in fact entirely without sensory perception. ↗

— Olivia Williams

#blind #body #brain #breathing #daughter

This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured. ↗

— Marie Windsor

#being #good-natured #i #know #me