#temporary

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#choose #economic #environmental #every #gain

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#contemporary #ethical #literature #shown #signs

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#defeat #disguised #form #misfortune #often

That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#fact #historical #historical fact #office #plain

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy? ↗

— Bell Hooks

#color #columbus #contemporary #dimensions #especially

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#art #conception #contemporary #decorative #deny

A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it. ↗

— Claudio Hummes

#contemporary #contemporary world #dialogue #humanity #jesus

No one has ever made me feel like this, no one. So much regret, so much loss, and so much desire all swirled together in my muddled brain. In my muddled heart. ↗

— Melissa Brown

#romance #contemporary-romance

Kissing Kate is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. And as much as I want to think I’m the good guy, as much as I’ve proclaimed that sleeping with an attached girl isn’t my style, I’m not walking away. I can’t. I have her now. She’s mine. And I’m not going anywhere. ↗

— Melissa Brown

#romance #contemporary-romance

To her surprise, Lucky tilted his head and looked her in the eye, appearing oddly…crestfallen, she thought. “Don’t be nervous,” he said. “I hate making you nervous. ↗

— Toni Blake

#romance #contemporary-romance