“oh dear! i can’t understand that,” said the princess.
“i dare say not. i didn’t expect you would. but that’s no reason why i shouldn’t say it.”
(via mybluecanoe)
“a woman in the presence of a good man, a real man, loves being a woman. his strength allows her feminine heart to flourish. his pursuit draws out her beauty. and a man in the presence of a real woman loves being a man. her beauty arouses him to play the man, it draws out his strength. she inspires him to be a hero.” - captivating, john and stasi eldredge
(via wetpaint)
“and inconvenience, as i have said, is only one aspect, and that the most unimaginative and accidental aspect of a really romantic situation. an adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. an inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” - all things considered, gk chesterton
(via landofcool)
“touch comes before sight, before speech. it is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.” - the blind assassin, margaret atwood
(via gthegentleman)
“we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. as often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” - look homeward americans, carson mccullers
(via booklover)
“we love because it’s the only true adventure” - nikki giovanni
(via thisisquitelovely)
“but the righteous are bold as a lion.” - proverbs 28:1b
(via basil-leaves)
“and forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” - the prophet, kahlil gibran
(via kvelv)
“there’s lots of good fish in the sea … maybe … but the vast masses seem to be mackerel or herring, and if you’re not mackerel or herring yourself you are likely to find very few good fish in the sea.” - lady chatterley’s lover, dh lawrence
(via scribbles-and-wanderlust)
“what wonder have you done to me?
in binding love you set me free.”
wendell berry
(via dudleys--world)
“the eskimo has 52 names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love.” - margaret atwood
(via grayskymorning)
