Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Ms. Sophia was evil bananas.
She liked the way he smelled - kind of free and open, like driving with the windows down at night.
Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.
The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.
Will you stay with me ” she asked. Her voice was the thinnest whisper almost canceled out by a low groan of thunder. . . . Forever ” he whispered back. The sweet sound of his voice filled her up.
Cam stepped into the clearing. His eyes were rimmed with a thick, shimmering gold shadow, and it shone on his face in the moonlight, making him look like a wildcat.
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail.
No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.
He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment and remain inside it like an egg inside its shell, instead of constantly being hurried into the future by good luck or bad.
We are too kind, too willing--too unwilling too--reaching out blindly with a grasping hand but not knowing how to ask for what we don't even know we want.