#pleas

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#interests #least #person #pleased #you

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#answers #anxiety #away #disturbing #honest

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ↗

— Joshua L. Liebman

#immediate #long-term #maturity #person #pleasures

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please. ↗

— Epictetus

#cease #greatest #greatest pleasures #moderation #please

You can't please all the people all the time. ↗

— Miranda Richardson

#please #time #you

As I see it, the only pleasure of living is that every joke should be made, every thought expressed, every line of investigation, irrespective of its direction, pursued to the uttermost limits that human ingenuity, courage and understanding can take it. The moment that limits are set... then the flavor is gone. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#courage

Valkyrie made a face. "Bloody vampires." Ryan sat forward. "That was a vampire? That guy who looked like an accountant?" "We don't talk about vampires," Skulduggery warned. "But it was daytime. How could he have been out during the-" "We don't talk about vampires!" Valkyrie said sharply. Ryan shrunk back. "Sorry," he said. "Don't worry about it," Skulduggery told him. "Valkyrie used to date a vampire that's all." "We didn't date ," Valkyrie said immediately. Skulduggery held a hand up. "I'm not judging." Valkyrie scowled. ↗

— Derek Landy

#ryan #skulduggery-pleasant #valkyrie-cain #vampires #dating

The sparrow flies south for the winter. ↗

— Derek Landy

#death

Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield’s outraged eyes. “We seem to be under a confusion of communication. I did not come here to ask for your sister’s hand. I came to tell you I will marry Hero, with or without your permission, Your Grace. She has lain with me more than once. She may well be carrying my child. And if you think that I’ll give up either her or our babe, you have not done nearly enough research into my character or history. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#griffinlordsexy #notorious-pleasures #communication

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#appreciative #celebrity #deal #from time to time #great