Saturday, April 30, 2016

The Worst about Love — Madeleine Hunter


“The worst thing about love was that it lacked certainty, and perhaps permanence. It also made one weak -- and sentimental and impractical and jealous and protective. It made one doubt what was real and question what was known. It complicated the hell out of life."

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction

Friday, April 29, 2016

Monday, April 25, 2016

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Best Hope — The Shawshank Redemption


“hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)
The Shawshank Redemption

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Rebelling Unhappiness — Madeleine Hunter


“If you could not change things, if you could not win, rebelling only led to more unhappiness."

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The King's Distant Subjects— James Alexander Thom


“Their King was two thousand miles away in London Town and surely gave no more thought to these distant subjects of his than they gave to him. If he was at war with France, how could it affect them here in this valley His Majesty had never even heard of?"

James Alexander Thom
Follow the River

Monday, April 18, 2016

Childbearing feelings — James Alexander Thom


“a woman´s feelings are at their most unsettled, their most skittish, when she is full of the humors of childbearing."

James Alexander Thom
Follow the River

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Thinking about Wife — James Alexander Thom


“I wonder if most men pass as much time as I do with their heads full of their wives"

James Alexander Thom
Follow the River

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Falling in love — Laura Hardy


[about falling in love] she remembered that excited, elated feeling of discovery, the sudden sense that the world had taken on a new dimension."

Laura Hardy
Dark Fantasy

Friday, April 15, 2016

Be Somebody — Verda Colvin


“Care about your future. Be somebody. Anybody can be nothing. It doesn’t take anything to be nothing."

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Acting Profession — Laura Hardy


“Her profession [being an actress] was so erratic and chancy; however successful you seemed to be, you could never be certain of getting work."

Laura Hardy
Dark Fantasy

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Romance is an invention — Madeleine Hunter


“Romance is an invention of poets. It is a drama devised to make men’s base needs more acceptable to women."

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction

Monday, April 11, 2016

Uncertain Future — Madeleine Hunter


“A woman facing an uncertain future, a woman seeing her family in dire need, will consider anything."

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction

Saturday, April 09, 2016

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Monday, April 04, 2016

Helping the Soul — Madeleine Hunter


HAYDEN         See to your own soul. I do not need your help with mine.
CHRISTIAN         We all need help.

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Business fail — Madeleine Hunter


”Men fail in business all the time. It’s like a joust. A man enters the tournament knowing he might forfeit his horse. Ruin is always a danger.”

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction

Saturday, April 02, 2016

Friday, April 01, 2016

Bad News — Madeleine Hunter


“Bad news alters the world at once. It changes the air. A human heart knows grief is coming as surely as a horse senses an approaching storm."

Madeleine Hunter
The Rules of Seduction