#ria

The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#modern #movement #quite #vegetarian

The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant. ↗

— Melvil Dewey

#librarian #militant #must #triumphant

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. ↗

— Princess Diana

#bit #crowded #three #us #were

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#authoritarian #beacon #cannot #china #democracy

This good fellowship - camaraderie - usually occurring through the similarity of pursuits is unfortunately seldom super-added to love between the sexes, because men and women associate, not in their labors but in their pleasures merely. Where, however, happy circumstances permit its development, the compounded feeling proves itself to be the only love which is strong as death - that love which many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown, besides which the passion usually called by the name is as evanescent as steam. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#feelings #love #marriage #passion #death

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious. ↗

— Idries Shah

#materialism #pleasure #pride #religion #sufi

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#happened #historian #like #novelist #tell

You don’t understand,” Mairelon said dully. “Kim doesn’t want to marry a toff.” Was that what was bothering him? “Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nod cocks!” Kim said with as much indignation as she could muster. “I was talking about the marquis, not about you!” Mairelon’s eyes kindled. “Then you would?” “You’ve whiddled it,” Kim informed him. As he kissed her again, she heard Mrs. Lowe murmur, “Mind your language, Kim,” and Shoreham say in an amused tone, “Yes, Your Grace, I believe that was an affirmative answer. ↗

— Patricia C. Wrede

#love #marriage #love

Buy this book or I’ll take it personally, and I will have my revenge. I’ll steal your girlfriend or make out with your dad. It doesn’t matter to me. Whichever will hurt worse. My vengeance knows no sexuality. You don’t want this. Your dad does though. Yeah, like you didn’t know your parents’ marriage was a sham. Come on. Open your fucking eyes. ↗

— Paul Neilan

#marriage

About every six to eight months, I run into a man who astounds me sexually, but between escapades, I'm celibate, which I don't think is any big deal. After two unsuccessful marriages, I find myself keeping my guard up, along with my underpants. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#marriage