#serve

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#company #deepest #drowsy #electrified #feel

With an ashamed sigh, I confessed, “You have seen nothing but the worst of me since then, Aeron. I’ve been a bitter, defiant, irrational shrew…and now I’m selfishly dragging you into a hopeless situation against your better judgment. What would possibly entice you to make good on a marriage proposal under such circumstances?” “You would…” his voice was gentle, as his troubled eyes searched mine. “If what I’ve seen is the worst of you…then it will be a miracle if I ever find a way to deserve you. ↗

— M.A. George

#marriage-proposal #paranormal-romance #marriage

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. ↗

— John Milton

#heaven #hell #reign #serve #than

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#nature #noble #observes #often #only

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. ↗

— Jane Austen

#deserve #fortune #large #many #men

When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again. ↗

— Leon Blum

#child #forty #her #makes #preserves

The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe. ↗

— John Burns

#europe #gentlemen #greatest #serve #under

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#deepest #give #help #keep #lives

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#knowledge #must #observe #study #wisdom

Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#course #first #hors #i #like