#years

But, I believe," I continue, "I know what true love is - or what it should be." "What should it be?" Tristan asks, his voice soft now. "It should be a friendship and truly knowing who a person is, knowing his flaws and hopes and strengths and fears, knowing all of it. And admiring and caring for - loving the person because of those things. ↗

— Lisa Ann Sandell

#elaine-of-ascalot #friendship #gradual-love #lady-of-shallot #over-the-years

The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today ... ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#balance #collecting #lies #more-terrible #old-woman

It was pure guesswork on my part back in 1979 as to whether I would have the stamina to write, pencil, ink, letter, tone, and fill the back of a monthly comic book for 26 years. ↗

— Dave Sim

#book #comic #comic book #fill #i

When you work with the same people for 10 years, they become family. Now when I see them - it might not be for nine months - but when I see them, it's great. ↗

— Molly Sims

#family #great #i #i see #might

As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#average #create #curriculum #district #five

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#directing #films #i #making #started

The day we met, frozen I held my breath. Right from the start, I knew that I found the home for my heart beats fast. Colors and promises. How to be brave? How can I love, when i'm afraid to fall. But watching you stand alone,all of my doubts, suddenly goes away somehow. One step closer. I have died every day waiting for you, darlin' don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years, i'll love you for a thousand more ♛♥ ↗

— Christina Perri

#glee #love-story #thousand-years #home

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years. ↗

— Steve Waugh

#been #charm #few #good #good luck

After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper. ↗

— Gary Webb

#am #angeles #central #cities #convinced

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. ↗

— James Thurber

#anybody #between #beyond #least #months