shrinking violet - someone who shrinks from familiarity with others-shy person -coward - a person who shows fear or timidity -wallflower - remains on sidelines at social event
Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph | Book Review
shrinking violet - someone who shrinks from familiarity with others-shy person -coward - a person who shows fear or timidity -wallflower - remains on sidelines at social event
Love without friendship is like a kite, aloft only when the winds are favorable. Friendship is what gives love its wings.
A coaster gives you hope. You can pretty much ride a good one through the worst tragedy life throws at you. You can even ride it through somebody dying, I guess.
I have loved her from the moment I first saw her, Madame. She has left me and I have left her. And now that we are at last together, nothing, save death, will part us again. Not you. Not the Liberal establishment. Not the opinion of every last man, woman, and child in England.
Jamie: You've made Andrew a very rich man. Alec: No, Jamie. I'm much richer. I have you.
Don’t tell me I don’t love you. Don’t you dare tell me that, Margaret. I have loved you since the moment you read my brother’s book to me. I love that you are the one woman I can trust with my weakness, that you know all the dark parts of me and does not turn away. I love the fierceness with which you protect the ones you love, even when they don’t deserve it. I love every inch of you, and I want you for my own. Although, God knows, I don’t deserve you.
I would like you to give me daughters with your hair and spirit. I would like my sons to have your eyes and your courage. Now, if that's not what you want, then give me any combination you like, and I will humbly thank you for giving me any child we make. I want to change your name so there's no doubt who you are ever again, or who you belong to...I want to hear you say I love you everyday of my life. If you aren't ready to agree to that last request right now, I would be willing to wait until tonight, when I believe you will. In return for those concessions, I will grant you every wish that is within my power to grant you.
Love gets used up, Chastity. If it's not returned, it gets used up.
Sometimes I think "bimbo" is a word men made up so they could feel superior to women who are better at survival than they are.
We make things happen by attacking, not by sitting around dreaming.