#pleas

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked. ↗

— Alex Cox

#finding #new #new ways #pleasure #projects

We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot. ↗

— Rachel Corrie

#please #protecting #shoot #threat #unarmed

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#certain #certain age #child #delivers #earnestness

Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally, I never assume that anything wonderful will happen. ↗

— Hugh Hopper

#assume #contact #course #gives #happen

I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road. ↗

— Adelaide Anne Procter

#i #i do #life #lord #may

The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men, for we are, that we might have joy, and be free. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#pleasure #smile #men

Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#happiness #inspirational #joy #peace #pleasure

Whatever one does, someone is always happy...then again, someone else is not pleased ↗

— ArLeaBelle

#happiness-positive-outlook #humor #inspirational #pleasure-of-recognition #pleasures-of-life

I didn’t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be years before I learned that females possessed the only organ in the human body with no function than to feel pleasure. (If such an organ were unique to the male body, can you imagine how much we would hear about it—and what it would be used to justify?) ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#body-acceptance #body-appreciation #clitoris #female #male