#twilight

They never looked at anyone else, only at each other, with an expression that halted me. It was tender, loving, yes, but in an inhuman way, so intense. Divine, I felt. Or insane. ↗

— Anita Desai

#studies-in-the-park #love

It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.” - Amelia to Poppy ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#lisa-kleypas #poppy #tempt #twilight #love

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#dawn #elderly #government #handicapped #how

I knew my dad would insist on carrying my twelve bags into the house all by himself, so I ran ahead to my room. It looked familiar. Four walls and a ceiling, just like my old room in Phoenix! Leave it to my dad to find little ways to make me feel at home. ↗

— Harvard Lampoon

#nightlight #parody #twilight #home

Oh, that's just great. I come all the way back here, risking major brain cell burnout, and you don't even believe me? I'm basically guaranteeing myself a lifetime of heartbreak, and all you have to say is that you think I'm not right in the head? ↗

— Meg Cabot

#heaven-sent #hector-da-silva #jesse #susannah-simon #suze

And so the Lion fell in love with the Llamb ↗

— Stephaine Meyer

#love

Why am I covered in feathers ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#breaking-dawn #twilight #twilight

What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world! ↗

— Rita Dove

#bring #death #electrified #entire #entire world

We're living through the twilight of American economic dominance. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#dominance #economic #living #through #twilight

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. ↗

— Albert Camus

#blinds #contrary #enhances #every #falsehood