#steel

You brought me here to admire the view?" I whisper. He nods, his expression serious. "It's staggering, Christian. Thank you," I murmur, letting my eyes feast on it once more. He releases my hand. "How would you like to look at it for the rest of your life?" he breathes. ↗

— E.L. James

#christian-grey #ocinej #life

Some things in life are worth waiting for. ↗

— Danielle Steel

#secrets #life

I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts - protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics, if not in my soul. The true me, my spiritual core, slipped further and further from reach. ↗

— James McGreevey

#around #core #further #gave #i

We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel. ↗

— Lakshmi Mittal

#captive #iron #make #ore #sources

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#like #lose #steel #temper #their

I started working for Bethlehem Steel when I was about 16 during the summers. ↗

— Richard Serra

#bethlehem #during #i #started #steel

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#around #far #fewer #higher #industry

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#because #bottom #bravery #courage #cowardice

Mrs. Grey I have received three compliments on my new haircut. Compliments from my staff are new. It must be the ridiculous smile I’m wearing whenever I think about last night. You are indeed a wonderful, talented, beautiful woman. And all mine. ↗

— E.L. James

#christian #grey #beauty

grow up and smell the fucking coffee! ↗

— E.L. James

#coffee