#series

I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. ↗

— Ben Okri

#begins #circles #come #conscious #cycle

I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#after #did #doing #got #guest

And I said well luckily I was mature and old enough to take this success at my age. It was bullshit. ↗

— Nicholas Evans

#age

Sometimes milestones are not measured by the accomplishments of society, but by those of integrity. ↗

— Tamara Rose Blodgett

#death-series #self-realization #tamara-rose-blodgett #unrequited-death #age

What are you thinking?” he asked in a disarmingly gentle tone. “That the city looks different depending on whom I’m seeing it with.” He nodded easily, as if this same thought had occurred to him. “I notice different things,” I continued. “Like with you, I pay more attention to the details of the buildings – the textures, the colors, the people standing in front of them. The reflections are different.” “Reflections?” he asked quietly. “They are.” I watched our bodies morph and distort in the window of an empty bank. “You’re there,” I said. “That’s how they’re different. ↗

— Jessica Hawkins

#chicago #city #romance #the-cityscape-series #architecture

Home was his favorite place too. But home for him was anywhere Jane happened to be. Never in his life had he loved someone as much as he loved her. So much that it scared him sometimes. He pulled her against him and looked out over the city. He was in love with his wife. Yeah, he knew what that said about him. That he was a goner. Leg-shackled for life. Whipped by a short woman with a big attitude. Yep, that's what it said about him, and he didn't care. ↗

— Rachel Gibson

#humor #rachel-gibson #romance #see-jane-score #attitude

The Night World isn't a place. It's all around us. The creatures of Night World are beautiful and deadly and irresitable to humans. Your best friend could be one-so could your crush. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#romance #beauty

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious. ↗

— Lynn Viehl

#pnr #beauty

His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it. ↗

— Nicola Claire

#kindred-series #lucinda-monk #beauty

Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars and saw Edilio standing over him. Edilio had the business end of his automatic rifle in a very sensitive place. "If you move, Caine, I will shoot your balls off," Edilio said. "Toto?" "He will," Toto said, "Although he's not sure it will be just your balls. ↗

— Michael Grant

#caine #edilio #funny #gone #gone-series