#together

Kittridge closed his eyes. So, the end. It would happen instantaneously, a painless departure, quicker than thought. he felt the presence of his body one last time: the taste of air in his lungs, the blood surging in his veins, the drumlike beating of his heart. The bomb was dropping toward them. "I've got you," he said, hugging Tim fiercely; and again, over and over, so that the boy would be hearing these words. "I've got you, I've got you, I've got you, I've got you. ↗

— Justin Cronin

#death #love #together #death

Marriage is what you make of it, and God has many versions of what that looks like based on what different souls need, in order to grow. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#different #divorce #everyone-is-different #experiences #love

How come you’re in such a good mood? You couldn't have gotten much more sleep than I did last night. Are you a morning person?” I ask in mock horror.“A mornin’ person, well maybe, but let’s just say I got to experience the nicest parts of hell last night,” he says quietly,taking the shirt I offer him. As he rises out of thebed, I can’t help looking over his perfect abdomen and chest before he shrugs into his shirt.“I’m sorry, the nicest parts of hell? What does that mean?” I ask.“Red, yer not a guy, so there’s no point explainin’, ↗

— Amy A. Bartol

#guys #secret-dude-meaning #sleeping-together #experience

How can you lose me? You’ve owned me from the first moment I saw you. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#belonging #bond #bonding #friendship #love

Only worse thing than being cold, and too tired to defend yourself, is to be cold and alone. And I wouldn't ever wish that on nobody. ↗

— Steven J. Carroll

#friendship #loneliness #togetherness #friendship

I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it. ↗

— William H. Seward

#altogether #constitution #contrary #does #excludes

Sometimes the thing that brings us together also pulls us apart. Sort of like a zipper.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cohesive #proximity #pull #together #unity

An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#continuous #epic #heroic #into #lays

A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done. ↗

— Fred Allen

#decide #done #gathering #nothing #people

While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously. ↗

— Tim Allen

#awaiting #comedy #decided #get #give