#reno

I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#renoir #art

If the second date seems to be going well, it's pretty much a given that by dessert I'll renounce my faith ↗

— Josh Stern

#faith #humor #pretty #renounce #second-date

Songs remain. They last...A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone. That's the power of songs. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#apocatastasis #pronounciation #re-establishment #renovation #restoration

He had a thought that amused him. "Figures, still life, landscape, AND an animal! Zola, eat your hat!" he bellowed. ↗

— Susan Vreeland

#life

The best thing to do if you start thinking such things (falling in love) is to lie down and wait for it to pass. It always does. ↗

— Anne Stuart

#love #reno #love

I thought you'd be halfway to Tokyo by now,” she said, stalling. “Not without you.” Oh, man, she was so screwed. He was bad enough when he was giving her shit. Right now he was looking at her as if she was the most precious thing on earth, and she knew what she looked and smelled like. The world had turned upside down. “I don't suppose you love me,” she said. “Even a little bit?” “Don't be an idiot, Ji-chan. Why else would I be here? Now, do you want to stay here or do you want to prove you're really crazy and come with me?” “Will you grow your hair again?” “If you want me to.” “Then tell me.” “You're not going to make this easy, are you? Su-chan warned me about you.” “She warned me, too. Tell me.” He let out a long-suffering sigh. “Aishiteru,” he muttered. “In English.” “I love you. ↗

— Anne Stuart

#love

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#bravely #childish #desires #god #harbor

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#errors #experience #light #our #renounce

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#bases #constructing #interest #iraq #military

True compassion does not sit on the laps of renovation; it dives with an approach to reconstruction. Don't throw a coin at a begger. Rather, destroy his source of poverty. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#beg #begger #begging #coin #coins