“I can deal with anything, as long as I know it's the truth. It's the lies that are hard.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“You're the first girl who's had the guts to touch my controls.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“I want to be the one protecting you.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“You have the poutiest lips I've ever seen."
"Pouty?' I snorted. "Like I look bratty?"
"Like you look kissable.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“He nodded, his forehead fused with mine. "My head fogs when you kiss me like that. I can't think," he murmured.
"It does?" I grinned. "I like making your head fog." I kissed him again.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“You feel control drain away like sand falling from your fingertips. You can't hold onto it. It's gone. And so are you.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“But there you are. Helpless. Unable to defend yourself. Vulnerable. Victim.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
“Thirty minutes until I saw Weston. I shouldn't be this excited about a ride home.”
― Jennifer Laurens, quote from Penitence
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“A woman can always strive to be stronger in the face of painful emotions.”
― Morgan Rhodes, quote from Crystal Storm
“You do have a choice in how your life plays out. Some of you are fighting your present situation and making no more progress than someone fighting quicksand. You fight your husband, and every verbal punch you land leaves a bruise on you as well. It is time to stop struggling in strife, bitterness, frustration, and disappointment. You are about to read God’s plan for a joyful marriage. It”
― Debi Pearl, quote from Created to be His Help Meet
“عندما كنت في بداية العشرينيات أثناء دراستي علم الآثار على يديّ سير جارلز مايرز انتابني شعور بالمتعة والتعمق جعلني أتصور أنّ حياتي بدأت تواً، غير أنّ ذلك الشعور لايوازي الشعور الذي أحس به الآن على نحو مستمر.
إذ أصبح واضحاً أنّ هناك غلطة أساسية ذات علاقة وثيقة بالموجود البشري الاعتيادي، وهي غلطة سخيفة تشبه محاولة ملء حوض سباحة دون إحكام إغلاق فتحة مجراه أو قيادة سيارة مع الاحتفاظ بالكابح اليدوي مرفوعاً. أمرٌ ما يتعيّن بناؤه ليصبح عظيماً يتمّ فقدانه دقيقة فدقيقة. وما أن يتم إدراك هذا الأمر حتى تأخذ المشكلة بالاختفاء، إذ يطفح العقل بشعور فياض من الحيوية والإحكام. وبدلاً من ان تكون الحالات والمشاعر تحت رحمته نسيطر نحن عليها بالسهولة ذاتها التي نسيطر فيها على حركات أيدينا. وبالكاد يستحيل وصف هذه التجربة لشخص لم يسبق له خوض غمار هذه التجربة. إنّ الجنس البشري أصبح معتاداً على الأشياء التي تحدث له فالبشر يصابون بالبرد ويشعرون بالقنوظ يلتقطون شيئاً ثم يرمون به جانباً. كم ينتابهم الإحساس بالسأم.. ولكن ما إن أركّز اهتمامي في عقلي حتى تتوقف هذه الأشياء عن الحدوث، لأنّني الآن أسيطر عليها.”
― Colin Wilson, quote from The Mind Parasites
“Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and influence as is conferred by the consent of those he leads. The Marines allowed me to be their commander, and they could revoke their permission at any time.”
― quote from One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
“Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.”
― José Saramago, quote from The History of the Siege of Lisbon
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