#ra

I don't need company in the company of you. And I don't need love, 'Cause your love will do. And I've got you. And you've got me. And that's all we need. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #when-i-get-up #love

Because there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#love

you yell, we shell! ↗

— army artillery motto

#inspirational #humor

I paused for a moment, debating whether to turn and look what was happening. My senses told me Obo’s presence was still at my side, and turning my face into the barrel of a gun seemed like an ill-advised way to cap off this day of monumentally stupid decisions. ↗

— M.A. George

#paranormal-romance #sarcastic-humor #stupid-decisions #humor

In Norwegian that would be 'hun ma dra. Kanskje er hun gravid.'" Astley sttempts to smile. i can't help teasing him. "Which? Asking to go to the bathroom or dissing me because I'm pregnant." "you are with child?" his eyes open wid, all mock terrified. "No! Shut up. You know I'm not." I punch him in the arm and then lead him into the stairwell, shutting the door behind us. "Okay. Seriously, Astley, what happened to you? Why is your head bleeding? ↗

— Carrie Jones

#carrie #carrie-jones #entice #funny #funny-humor

In an Anglo-Saxon thriller, the villain is generally punished, and the strong silent man generally wins the weak babbling girl, but there is no governmental law in Western countries to ban a story that does not comply with a fond tradition, so that we always hope that the wicked but romantic fellow will escape scot-free and the good but dull chap will be finally snubbed by the moody heroine. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#humor

It's time to start living the life you've imagined. ↗

— Henry James

#imagination

Good photographs are taken not with the camera. Good photographs are taken with Mind, Soul, Eyes, and Imagination where Eyes like a shutter, Mind like a lens, Imagination like an object and Soul like a canvas. ↗

— Parveen Sharma

#photo #photography #pictures #imagination

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#parenting #inspirational

A warm feeling comforted the boy, as if a blanket were wrapping its soft layers around his heart and nuzzling him snuggly. Gavin loved his mother, and he would be forever grateful to his father for protecting her. The whole mystery behind it made him itch with curiosity, however. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#curiosity #father #gratitude #love #mother