#sophia

She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. “And I love him more for it. Do you hear me? He was a good man when he went away to the Colonies. He came back an extraordinary man. So many think that bravery is a single act of valor in a field of battle—no forethought, no contemplation of the consequences. An act over in a second or a minute or two at most. What my brother has done, is doing now, is to live with his burden for years. He knows that he will spend the rest of his life with it. And he soldiers on.” She sat back in her chair, her gaze still locked with Helen’s. “That to my mind is what real bravery is.” -Sophia to Helen about Alistair. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#elizabeth-hoyt #helen #sophia #to-beguile-a-beast #life

She’s got the kind of exotic beauty I always dreamed about. But really, who cares about stuff like that anymore? Being pretty isn’t going to keep my butt out of Omega’s crosshairs. ↗

— Summer Lane

#collapse-series #sophia #beauty

sticks and stones might break your bones, but cement pays homage to tradition. ↗

— Estelle Getty

#humor #italian #patrillo #sicily #sophia

Hair disheveled, smiling lips, sweating and tipsy, garment torn, singing a love song, glass in hand, picking a quarrel, chanting a spell, yesterday at midnight she came and sat by my bed. ↗

— حافظ

#love

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed. ↗

— Lauren Kate

#lauren-kate #luce #miss-sophia #trust

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing Sophia Loren as a sex object. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#i #know #object #our generation #really

As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#had #i #kid #raquel #sophia

In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#europe #older #older women #sexy #sophia