… so I leaned down and put my mouth on him.He jerked at the contact with a barked, “Shit,” and I laughed around him, even as I took him deeper into my mouth.His hands were now fisted in the sheets, white-knuckled as I slid my tongue over him, grazing slightly with my teeth. His groan was fire to my blood (Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury)
You’ll be amazed how much you have in common with Edith Wharton (who struggled to feel worthy of success), Louisa May Alcott (who badly needed money), Madaleine L’Engle (who could have papered an entire house with her rejection letters) and other writers.. (Nava Atlas, The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life)
I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after and changed my ideas: they’ve gone through and through me like wine through water and altered the color of my mind (Emily Bronte)
Oh Harry,” [Gwen] said. “I wish I were a different kind of person.”What kind of person, he wanted to know.”Someone,” she said slowly, “who truly loves life.”He was still looking at her, still cradling his glasses in his left hand. He said, “You’re the kind of person who never stops trying (Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air)
Sometimes you have to go upReally high to understand HOW small You Really Are – Felix Baumgartner, Himmelsstürmer: Mein Leben im freien Fall
The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language – those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come (Dan Buettner)
I met Bill Clinton; he’s a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton’s cool (Ed Sheeran)
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who when they succeed at it become important in the eyes of more trivial men. (George Jean Nathan)