#stake

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#justification #mistakes #pretexts #humor

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#fresh #mistakes #tomorrow

Why are you limping like that?' Nicholas demanded. I'm swaggering,' I informed him. You look like you're wearing a diaper.' Charming. And I had a crush on this guy. Wait. I had a crush on this guy? Now what?' he asked. 'You're making weird faces.' Nothing,' I said quickly. "Never mind. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#crush #hearts-at-stake #humor #humor

Gregori leaned forward. "Can you believe it? We're all a bunch of mutants! Just like the Ninja Turtles." Angus blinked. "We - we're like... turtles?" Gregori burst out lauging. Ian shook his head, grinning. Connor snorted. "Nay. We have vampire DNA. No turtles. ↗

— Kerrelyn Sparks

#connor #gregori #ian #love-at-stake #ninja-turtle

The mistake the two of us made,’ I said, ‘was that we skimped the foreplay. I’m not blaming you, it was as much my fault as yours, but it was a fault nonetheless. ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#love #mistake #love

The heart fools the mind, where eyes went deaf to words, that fell on blinded ears to easy to fall in love. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#ears #eyes #foolish #heart #mind