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He settled in beside me, and I curled into him. Cocooned in Wes. God, it felt so good. “Thank you,” I whispered. “I’ve never felt so amazing.” “I wanted you in my life from the beginning, Mal. Any way I could have you.” He snuggled me closer. “Even if it meant just as friends.” I couldn’t help snorting. “Thank God that’s not the case.” He chuckled and gave me a squeeze. “Amen, my friend. ↗

— Missy Welsh

#friends-to-lovers #life

To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#also #believe #christ #cross #faith

Never waste a crisis. ↗

— Mark Rutte

#never #waste

The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved. ↗

— Mark Rutte

#european #good #good thing #imf #involved

I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing. ↗

— George Ryan

#bush #case #closely #doing #examined

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no. ↗

— George Ryan

#hell #i #illegally #involved #licenses

This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

#called #catastrophe #day #delta #every

Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one another by a force greater than ourselves--a force grounded in love and compassion. For some of us that's God, for others it's nature, art, or even human soulfulness. I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits. ↗

— Brené Brown

#spirituality #vulnerability #art

Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#barack obama #because #else #engaged #everybody

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#baseball #baseball player #fact #full #get