#splendor

My standards were, after all, abnormally high." - the fictional ghost of Hugh Hefner, lamenting on sex in the after-life. ↗

— Michael Czyzniejewski

#curbside-splendor #hugh-hefner #life

He met Austin's gaze over the top of Faith's head. "I sure hope your baby is a boy." "Reckon we need to even things out a little, don't we?" Rawley gave him a brusque nod. "We men folk are sorely outnumbered." Austin laughed, remembering a time when that was exactly what Dallas had wanted: more women out in West Texas. -Austin and Rawley ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#lorraine-heath #rawley #texas-splendor #faith

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. ↗

— Xenophon

#displays #him #himself #his #horse

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#elegance #magnificence #profusion #splendor #teach

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you. ↗

— Al Franken

#nature #power #splendor #then #you

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#autobiography #early #going #i #journal

The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies. How much more, then, will He care for us, who are made in His image? Our only concern is to obey the heavenly Father and leave the consequences to Him. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#bible #birds #care #clothes #concern

She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#beyond #eternity #god #gods #his

The melody drifted into an aching silence. Austin lifted his head, and she saw his tears, trailing along his cheeks, glistening in the moonlight. She slipped from beneath the blankets, her bare feet hitting the cold floor. "What were you playing?" she asked reverently, not wanting to disturb the ambiance that remained in the room. "That was my heart breaking," he said, his voice ragged. She felt as though her own heart might shatter as she took a step toward him. "Austin—" "Don't stop loving me, Loree. You want me to learn what those little black bugs on those pieces of paper mean, I'll learn. You want me to play the violin from dawn until dusk, hell, I'll play till midnight, just don't stop loving me." She flung her arms around his neck and felt his arms come around her back, the violin tapping against her backside. "Oh, Austin, I couldn't stop loving you if I wanted." "I do know how to love, Loree. I just don't know how to keep a woman loving me." "I'll always love you, Austin," she said trailing kisses over his face. "Always." She felt a slight movement away from her as he set the violin aside, and then his arms came around her, tighter than before. "Let me love you, Loree. I need to love you." -Austin and Loree ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#loree #lorraine-heath #texas-splendor #love

Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

#coronation #declaration #future #given #god