for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea
Honor de Balzac.
“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”
“The more one judges, the less one loves.”
“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
“And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.”
“Cruelty and fear shake hands together. An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.”
“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”
“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”