"His hands as he worked were deft and sure, but so gentle -- he was being careful not to hurt me any more than he had to. I sat very still, hardly daring to move. I was in love with him. The knowledge swept through me, truer than anything I'd ever known. Oh, my God, I was in love with him."

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Source : L.A. Weatherly (2010). “Angel: The Angel Trilogy”, p.158, Usborne Publishing Ltd

L.A. Weatherly

#Hurt Quotes #Moving Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets.”

Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1851). “Literature and life, lects”, p.14
“Never expect anything, ye will never be demoralized”
“It was a figure painting class, where you had a model, and [Robert von Neumann ] would wander around and he'd come up behind someone and say, "Well, what are you trying to do?" And if you told him what you were trying to do, he would then proceed to discuss this with you and suggest things that you might look at and ways in which you could improve what you were attempting to do, etc - never worked on your painting, never touched your painting but talked extensively about what you were trying to do.”
“It has always puzzled me that so many people have taken it for granted that God favors those who believe in him. Isn't it possible that the actual God is a scientific God who has little patience with beliefs founded on faith rather than evidence?”

Source : Raymond Smullyan (1983). “Five Thousand B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies”, p.33, Macmillan
“Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over...”
“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”

Source : Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.195, Frog Books
“I can only speak from my own personal experience, being behind the camera and in front of it, but every magazine cover you see is completely airbrushed.”
“We were almost getting used to playing without fans in the Champions League. Jokes aside though, I think help from our fans will be indispensable for such a big match.”

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