#y

The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. “Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?” “Yes!” whispered all the children. “Let’s! ↗

— Enid Blyton

#children #island #lonely #mysterious #running-away

While at the same time knowing that once he had gone down that road, once it was clear that his life was never a peaceful one from that moment on. He always knew that there was somebody that would like to kill him. ↗

— Keith Carradine

#clear #down #gone #had #him

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. ↗

— John le Carre

#betrayal #happen #love #love is #only

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. ↗

— John le Carre

#experience #his #like #lives #mainstream

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received. ↗

— John le Carre

#always #cleanly #communicate #concern #directly

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it. ↗

— John le Carre

#believe #know #should #something #you

Totalitarian states killed with impunity and no one was held accountable. That didn't happen in the West. ↗

— John le Carre

#happen #held #impunity #killed #states

God, you have a beautiful laugh, and your smile. Jesus, it knocks the breath out of me." "You can't talk to me like that, nobody says things like that to a woman he just met. It's insane." "I just did. And I plan to keep saying them until you believe every word. ↗

— Maya Banks

#fever #jace-crestwell #maya-banks #beauty

Today a celebrity sex video isn't a stigma that requires penance and smarm removal; it's a branding device, a platform enhancer, a show reel. ↗

— James Wolcott

#device #penance #platform #removal #requires

I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself. ↗

— John le Carre

#ever #guess #i #i think #kill