#ria

The Father is always intimately entwined in our struggles". ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#trials-of-life #tribulations #r-alan-woods

After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—” “Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of it?” “I haven’t decided yet.” Leo frowned and took a sip of port. “He’s not someone I would pair Bea with.” “Whom would you pair her with?” “Hanged if I know,” Leo said. “Someone with similar interests. The local veterinarian, perhaps?” “He’s eighty-three years old and deaf,” Catherine said. “They would never argue,” Leo pointed out. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#humor #marriage #humor

God I loved Sammy. I’d considered marrying him, but his wife got upset when I asked for his hand. ↗

— Darynda Jones

#marriage #humor

Love is like a big juicy steak. You bite into it, enjoy it, then regret the calories you gained, when you're standin on your scale the next morning. See,I don't eat steak. I'm a vegetarian. ↗

— Euphoria Godsent

#cold-hearted #cold-hearted-people #diva #euphoria-godsent #heart-breaker

I only hope, for the sake of the rising male sex generally, that you may be found in as vulnerable and soft-hearted a mood by the first eligible young fellow who appeals to your compassion. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#marriage #funny

Bad relationships are not lucrative at all. There is far more at stake in good relationships. Good relationships keep divorces protracted, psychologists employed, and children in jail where they belong. Without them society would collapse! ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #marriage #relationships #society #therapy

Woolsey bites on occasion ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-bane #possibly-inappropriate #funny

There are memories that time can't erase, Clarissa. Ask your friend, Magnus Bane, if you don't believe me. Forever does not make loss forgettable. Only bearable. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #magnus-bane

You know what we call pedestrians in Morganville? Mobile bloodbanks. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#claire-danvers #eve-rosser #michael-glass #mobile #morganville-vampires

The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#love #men #patriarchy #relationships #love