1.020 - Ta-Ha

* WISDOM TROVE *

* NEWFULLDB 2.4M *

1:Creativity inspires me. ~ Tasha Smith,

2:My dreams, my desires, and my goals make me smile. ~ Tasha Smith,

3:An interesting theory. But she wasn’t in Yorkshire. ~ Tasha Alexander,

4:There is no peace that cannot be found in the present moment. ~ Tasha Tudor,

5:details of my afternoon, staying silent until I mentioned the ~ Tasha Alexander,

6:Beastly of him to die before you realized he might be fascinating. ~ Tasha Alexander,

7:Tasha y yo debería invertir en máscaras en plan fantasma de la ópera ~ Richelle Mead,

8:You could drop me off in the middle of a sea of people, and I'm happy. ~ Tasha Smith,

9:nice, civilized trip to Athens on your way to Santorini when you go? ~ Tasha Alexander,

10:Change did not always lead to improvements, sometimes only to change. ~ Tasha Alexander,

11:As we experience things, they happen too quickly to be thoughly analyzed... ~ Tasha Alexander,

12:An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. ~ Tasha Alexander,

13:Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future. ~ Tasha Alexander,

14:I love actors, and I'm passionate about the creative process of acting and filmmaking. ~ Tasha Smith,

15:Dimitri can run off with Tasha, but I'll still love him. I'll probably always love him. ~ Richelle Mead,

16:I want to be like Solomon, and instead of asking for riches ask for wisdom and creativity. ~ Tasha Smith,

17:You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating. ~ Tasha Alexander,

18:I am just discovering my fashion side. I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. ~ Tasha Smith,

19:I think that as we experience things, they happen too quickly to be thoroughly analyzed. ~ Tasha Alexander,

20:Humanity inspires me, people inspire me, I've always been a people person, and I love people. ~ Tasha Smith,

21:Oh, I don't read. I skulk about in search of quotations that might make me appear educated. ~ Tasha Alexander,

22:That's just part of the blessing of being an actor: you get to learn so many things about life. ~ Tasha Smith,

23:Dimitri might run off with Tasha, but I would still love him. I would probably always love him. ~ Richelle Mead,

24:I decided to let him have his delusion of always being right. Marriage requires many such moments. ~ Tasha Alexander,

25:Muhabbat jin ky saath hoti hai, woh kabhi tanha nahi hoty. muhabbat unhen kabhi tanha hony nahi deti. ~ Farhat Ishtiaq,

26:Friends are the balm that soothes the heart. – Nanny Tasha (former nanny to Felicity and Tally Langley) ~ Elizabeth Boyle,

27:grunt, and Lady Elinor smiled, confident that branding me a scholar would be enough to keep the gentleman ~ Tasha Alexander,

28:Aunt Tasha once said that anger based on calculated reason is more dangerous than anger based on blind hate. ~ Richelle Mead,

29:I'm a writer. I just love telling stories."

-Interview with Tasha Robinson, avclub.com February 14, 2001. ~ Kurt Busiek,

30:Warning: This title is sexually explicit with mild bdsm. If you like it rough and spanky, this may be for you. ~ Tasha L Harrison,

31:It's exciting to see things coming up again, plants that you've had twenty or thirty years. It's like seeing an old friend. ~ Tasha Tudor,

32:Redhead might be a tad judgmental, but she had the bearing of a leader, and the determination not to lose sight of her goal. ~ Tasha Black,

33:I love to hear stories about people who got to places where they are today. Those kinds of things are very interesting to me. ~ Tasha Smith,

34:It's delicious to have people adore you, but it's exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don't match theirs. ~ Tasha Alexander,

35:At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented. ~ Tasha Alexander,

36:I felt like I was literally losing myself as being the joyful, spiritual, passionate, exciting woman that I naturally had been. ~ Tasha Smith,

37:so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than to find, as quickly as possible, someone to worship. ~ Tasha Black,

38:Tasha could take a lot of torture when she chose, from nipple clamps to floggers and even the occasional Lifetime movie marathon, ~ R G Alexander,

39:I've opened up my school in California in a beautiful facility on Ventura Boulevard. I'm always in heaven when I'm doing my classes. ~ Tasha Smith,

40:Tasha knew what a nightmare it could be to have families separated because the children were American citizens but the parents were not. ~ R G Alexander,

41:That's the trouble with grand passions, of course. You can never entirely cleanse yourself of them. It's best to avoid them altogether. ~ Tasha Alexander,

42:As anyone who has struggled with insomnia knows, trying to force sleep is at best a hopeless business. Slumber is unimpressed by suitors. ~ Tasha Alexander,

43:Happily, as you are not my husband, I do not have to give your opinion more attention than I choose,” I snapped. “Good day, Mr. Hargreaves. ~ Tasha Alexander,

44:It’s hard to find a sister that’s caring, loving, sweet, generous, and a good listener. So be gentle with me, and try not to lose me. -Tasha ~ Lani Lynn Vale,

45:I’m not a violent person unless you wake me up early. Even a minute early. Ever do that again, and I’ll cut you. -Text from Tasha to Annie Mig ~ Lani Lynn Vale,

46:My excitement about my life and my future makes me happy, because I am a dreamer, and I always dream, no matter how many obstacles are in my way. ~ Tasha Smith,

47:You know, Aunt Tasha makes jokes about how youʹd actually be a better queen than the others, except sometimes . . . I donʹt think sheʹs joking. ~ Richelle Mead,

48:Your presence is requested for this evening’s Scenting Ceremony. Meet by the waterfall behind Blue Creek High School this evening at 9pm. No RSVP required. ~ Tasha Black,

49:The dead are notoriously unreliable when it comes to standards of behavior,” I said. “Particularly murder victims. They have no sense of decorum at all. ~ Tasha Alexander,

50:Honeymoons go on for months and months. Besides, haven’t you read Can You Forgive Her? Didn’t Glencora keep Alice close to her for most of her wedding trip? ~ Tasha Alexander,

51:Sometimes you can’t help but be a fucker. When everyone else you deal with is a fucker, you have to outfuck the other fuckers. -Tasha’s secret thoughts Tasha ~ Lani Lynn Vale,

52:Mr. Hargreaves was always exceedingly fond of the viscount’s whiskey.” “I had not realized, Davis. Thank you.” My butler looked immensely pleased with himself. ~ Tasha Alexander,

53:I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching—they are your family.” -Jim Butcher ~ Tasha Black,

54:Muhabbat apni marzi se khulay pinjray main totay ki tarha bethnay ki salaahiyat hai. Muhabbat is ghulami ka toq hai jo insaan khud apnay ekhtyar se galay main dalta hai ~ Bano Qudsia,

55:I am not retarded.
My mother has a screw loose.
She needs me to be dumb so Tasha will be happy.
She wanted Lisi not to go to college so Tasha would be happy.
Fuck. ~ A S King,

56:I look at her, then at Tasha, and I feel the wondrous blend of bliss and fear. They--bliss and fear--are constant companions. Rarely does one venture out without the other. ~ Harlan Coben,

57:If you are once sure what you do want, you find that everything else goes down before it like grass under a roller—(all other interests, your own and other people’s. I had ~ Tasha Alexander,

58:Could you tell me again what was written on the apple?” “Tê kallistê. Kallista in Greek means ‘most beautiful.’” And thus I learned that Philip had considered me beautiful. ~ Tasha Alexander,

59:Politics is a delicate business. I understand that well. But if a party is not willing to stand up for what is right, does it deserve to win back control of the government? ~ Tasha Alexander,

60:The Gita itself values subjectivity: after concluding his counsel, Krishna tells Arjuna to reflect on what has been said, and then do as he feels (yatha-ichasi-tatha-kuru). Even ~ Devdutt Pattanaik,

61:Yine de bunun sana olacağını tahmin edemiyorum," dedi Tasha, gülerek. "Sen her zaman ağırbaşlısın. Elbette ki... kimse anlamasın diye bebek dilini Rusça konuşacağından eminim. ~ Richelle Mead,

62:I shall be forever grateful to you for breaking whatever unfortunate object you did in order to rescue me.”

“Something had to be done, she said, “and it was a very ugly vase. ~ Tasha Alexander,

63:You should see my corgis at sunset in the snow. It's their finest hour. About five o'clock they glow like copper. Then they come in and lie in front of the fire like a string of sausages. ~ Tasha Tudor,

64:In France, we leave a single space before and after most punctuation marks. In England, there are generally no spaces before punctuation, and one inserts a double space between sentences. ~ Tasha Alexander,

65:So finally, I can feel a sort of pride in all my family - Mum, Lynn, Corin, Tasha, my cousin Gemma - because, I think how wonderful that this troop of gypsies can carry on telling stories. ~ Joely Richardson,

66:It was impossible to get the Dimitri and Tasha thing out of my head, but at least packing and getting ready made sure I didn't devote 100 percent of my brain power to him. More like 95 percent. ~ Richelle Mead,

67:I think we got in more trouble with Aunt Tasha,ʺ said Christian. ʺShe was kind of pissed off that we didnʹt tell her what was going on. I think she probably wanted to blow up the statues herself. ~ Richelle Mead,

68:You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary. ~ Tasha Alexander,

69:I always found myself trying to cover the mental anguish and the torment and the abuse that I was dealing with. That made me always question my beauty, my intelligence, and a lot of other things about myself. ~ Tasha Smith,

70:Well," she said carefully. "Someday I'd like to get married and have a family, but--"
"She does," Tasha informed her uncle. "She's pretty and she makes good sandwiches. You should ask
her to marry you. ~ Suzanne Brockmann,

71:I remember working on a show, and feeling so insecure about whether I looked attractive enough to do a love scene. It was weird because I couldn't understand why I wasn't feeling beautiful, even though I knew I was. ~ Tasha Smith,

72:A King Charles spaniel named Camilla Parker Bowles. Fucking Americans.

Black, Tasha (2014-12-22). Fate of the Alpha: Episode 1: A Tarker's Hollow Serial (Kindle Location 1321). 13th Story Press. Kindle Edition. ~ Tasha Black,

73:If he could get a commission to work on the murals in one of the Ringstrasse buildings, he would be in a much better position.” “He’ll never allow us to arrange such a thing, and I respect him immeasurably for it. ~ Tasha Alexander,

74:I try to find some pity for Tasha. I don't have any. I try to steal some from how I feel about my mom, but there isn't enough to share it.

I scream, "Fuck this shit!" and kick the chair over. Then I go looking for Hannah ~ A S King,

75:If she’s honest, caring, makes you breakfast, picks up after you, does your laundry without asking, lets you play Xbox, brings you beer, and lets you touch her ass, marry her. Yesterday. -Casten’s delusional thoughts Tasha ~ Lani Lynn Vale,

76:What really got me thinking about illustrating children's books was I discovered Hugh Thompson's illustrations for The Vicar of Wakefield in my mother's library and I looked at it and said, 'That's what I'm going to do. ~ Tasha Tudor,

77:We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,” she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.” Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let’s see if your advice gets me killed. ~ Richelle Mead,

78:I’m going to make love to you, Bianca Silver, just like you’ve wanted from the first time you saw me,” he said, without breaking eye contact. Bianca’s whole body went weak with lust. This was a dream. It had to be. There was no other explanation. ~ Tasha Black,

79:We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,” she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time
and place we choose. Not them.”

Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let’s see if your advice gets me killed. ~ Richelle Mead,

80:You ever taunt me with Tasha again," she said in a harsh whisper when they broke the kiss to gasp for air, "and I will geld you."
Raphael winced. "That would take at least a day to repair. Are you sure you want to lose my....attributes for that long? ~ Nalini Singh,

81:When I'm working in the barn or house I often think of all the errors I've made in my life. But then I quickly put that behind me and think of water lilies. They will always eradicate unpleasant thoughts. Or goslings are equally comforting in their own way. ~ Tasha Tudor,

82:Once you have the light of God within you, you see things within yourself that you did not know existed. Things that were hidden in darkness are now in light. I see myself as able to forgive... to love... I even see talents in myself that I didn't see before. ~ Tasha Smith,

83:We encourage women to become mentors within their communities in order to teach young girls how to thrive in this society. It's a good thing, so, I'm excited about having the platform and this opportunity on My Black Is Beautiful show, because I love my folk. ~ Tasha Smith,

84:Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it! ~ Tasha Tudor,

85:We're used to seeing fantasy explored from a male perspective, and the way men might see sex, have sex, want sex and even be addicted to sex. But I don't think women pursuing that sexuality within themselves is something that's talked about or experienced as often. ~ Tasha Smith,

86:I don’t want you giving me head, Tasha. I want to fuck you. I want you to feel me so deep inside, you won’t think I could ever leave. I want to feel your ass in my hands. Your tits in my mouth. I want to feel you wet me while I’m as far in you as I can get. I want to smell you come. ~ Susan Fanetti,

87:I just went home to Illinois, and I asked my family, 'Are you guys planning on talking in those accents the whole time I'm home?' And my mother said, 'You used to talk like that, too, Tasha.' And I said, 'Yes, but you see, I've reinvented myself. Do you have any idea who I think I am?' ~ Natasha Leggero,

88:At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition."

-Interview with Tasha Robinson, avclub.com February 14, 2001. ~ Kurt Busiek,

89:I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare. ~ Tasha Tudor,

90:I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionnaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare. ~ Tasha Tudor,

91:Hey, fine. Give him hell, girl,’ she says, ruffling Ellie’s hair and smiling at me. Ellie’s still not happy. I don’t blame her. I’m a grown adult and I can’t handle being up at this time. As Ellie’s wails begin to build, Tasha takes the Rosie Ragdoll down from on top of the kitchen clock and hands it to her. Ellie stops crying immediately. ~ Adam Croft,

92:Education is the factory that turns animals into human beings. […] If women are educated, that means their children will be too. If the people of the world want to solve the hard problems in Afghanistan — kidnapping, beheadings, crime and even al-Qaeda — they should invest in [our] education. ~ Ghulam Hazrat Tanha, Director of Education, Herat, Afghanistan ,

93:As a director, I have to do everything. As an actor, I'm just worried about one role, that's it. As a director, everything is important. Everything is something you have to be very detailed and specific about in telling a story. So for me, the job is far greater than just being the actor, there's a lot more responsibility creatively, technically. ~ Tasha Smith,

94:Don’t move away.” It wasn’t the first time he’d made the request. “We’ve lived in the same city our whole lives, Tasha. We were going to grow old together and chase after the perfect third in the same nursing home.” Her laughter was damp with unshed tears. “That’s an old dream for two lost souls. You’ll grow old with Owen now. And I have to go. ~ R G Alexander,

95:Deanell Tacha and I decided to write an editorial, because both of us have had experiences in countries where the rule of law is not strong. Uh, where there is civil war. Where there is disorder. And, it, it seemed to us important to underscore that this is a treasure, our rule of law, our judiciary independent from politics, and it's in jeopardy. ~ Martha Minow,

96:Daffodils are an optimistic flower, and foolproof. You know what Shakespeare said:
"Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty."

...I plant them in big clumps with a trusty shovel. I make several large holes all around and put quite a few in. That's why it makes such a spectacular look when they bloom. ~ Tasha Tudor,

97:I spent the rest of the day doing little more than that. I skipped dinner. I shed a few tears. But mostly, I just sat on my bed thinking and growing more and more depressed. I also discovered the only thing worse than imagining Dimitri and Tasha together was remembering when he and I had been together. He would never touch me again like that, never kiss me again. ~ Richelle Mead,

98:I spent the rest of the day doing little more than that. I skipped dinner. I shed a few tears. But mostly, I just sat on my bed thinking and growing more and more depressed. I also discovered the only thing worse than imagining Dimitri and Tasha together was remembering when he and I had been together. He would never touch me again like that, never kiss me again… ~ Richelle Mead,

99:Los hombres de más amplio intelecto saben que no existe una verdadera distinción entre lo real y lo irreal; que todas las cosas aparecen tal como son tan sólo en virtud de los frágiles sentidos físicos y mentales mediante los que las percibimos; pero el prosaico materialismo de la mayoría tacha de locuras a los destellos de clarividencia que traspasan el vulgar velo del empirismo soez ~ H P Lovecraft,

100:Los hombres de más amplio intelecto saben que no existe una verdadera distinción entre lo real y lo irreal; que todas las cosas aparecen tal como son tan solo en virtud de los frágiles sentidos físicos y mentales mediante los que las percibimos; pero el prosaico materialismo de la mayoría tacha de locuras a los destellos de clarividencia que traspasan el vulgar velo del empirismo chabacano. ~ H P Lovecraft,

101:Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error… ~ Tasha Tudor,

102:That was very bad of you, Elena, Raphael said once they were in the air. You know the coming sun shower will pass in but a moment.
I also know Tasha McHotpants is regretting she didn’t scoop you up when you were young and single. Altering her mental tone, she said, Oh, Raphael, what luck I caught you. And me dressed up like a warrior with a sword and everything. She snorted. Luck my ass. ~ Nalini Singh,

103:Her name is Lilliana Atwater. Mid-twenties, dyed red hair, was last seen in a yellow raincoat. Any reports or injuries or anything in your neck of the woods?”
“Nope,” Joy said, “can’t say that it rings a bell. Have you tried Springton?”

Gee, no, I didn’t try the town NEXT to Tarker’s Hollow.

Black, Tasha (2014-12-22). Fate of the Alpha: Episode 1: A Tarker's Hollow Serial (Kindle Locations 1666-1668). 13th Story Press. Kindle Edition. ~ Tasha Black,

104:My mom holds my hand as I stare out the window. Everything will be all right, Tasha, she says. We both know that's more a hope than a guarantee, but I'll take it nevertheless.

The plane ascends, and the world I've known fades. The city lights recede to pinpricks, until they look like earthbound stars. One of those stars is Daniel. I remind myself that stars are more than just poetic.

If you need to, you can navigate your way by them. ~ Nicola Yoon,

105:Alex hadn't been clubbing in several years. After he and Lydia moved in together, the clubs lost their appeal. Now he felt the return of the old thrill, the anticipation of the hunt—the sense that the night held secrets bound to be unveiled before it was over. Tasha was talking about someone in New York whom Alex was supposed to know. “The last time I saw him, he just kept banging his head against the wall, and I said to him, ‘Michael, you've really got to ~ Jay McInerney,

106:Druga plemenita istina sa svoja tri aspekta je: "Postoji izvor patnje, a to je vezanost za
želju. Želju treba napustiti. Želja je napuštena."
Druga plemenita istina kaže da postoji izvor patnje i da je izvor te patnje vezanost za tri
vrste želje: želja za čulnim zadovoljstvom (kama tanha), želja da nešto bude (bhava
tanha) i želja da nešto ne bude (vibhava tanha). To je tvrdnja druga plemenite istine, teza,
pariyatti . O tome razmišljate: izvor patnje je vezanost za želju. ~ Ajahn Sumedho,

107:And just in case, I have… this.” He pulled a velvet jewelry box out of his pocket. He opened it carefully so as not to touch the contents.
“I thought she already turned you down, man,” David said sympathetically.
“Are you fucking kidding me? Do you seriously think that if she beats me in a fight I’m going to propose to her?”

Black, Tasha (2014-10-06). Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 5 & 6: A Tarker's Hollow Serial (Kindle Locations 976-978). 13th Story Press. Kindle Edition. ~ Tasha Black,

108:I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental, that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others. I have to fight against being discouraged, because I don't want to be connected with people who are so intolerant of much of mankind like that. God loves us all. He really does. And I want to walk in love with people. ~ Tasha Smith,

109:When you think about it, it makes sense that tanha would be tied to our outer limits no less than to our core. From a Darwinian perspective, tanha was engineered into us so that we would take care of ourselves—which is to say, so that each of us would take care of the vehicle that contains our genes. And that vehicle stops at the skin, at the bounds of the body. It’s only natural, then, that tanha would reinforce a sense of the importance of those bounds, the bounds that define the zone of concern that natural selection assigned to it. ~ Robert Wright,

110:An air of anticipation hung over the lab. The pied crow—whose name, according to Tasha, was Pitch, and who had been raised in captivity, bouncing from wildlife center to wildlife center before winding up living in my sister’s private aviary—gripped her perch stubbornly with her talons and averted her eyes from the screen, refusing to react to the avatar that was trying to catch her attention. She’d been ignoring the screen for over an hour, shutting out four researchers and a bored linguist who was convinced that I was in the middle of some sort of creative breakdown. “All ~ Elizabeth Bear,

111:Felicity was in the process of unpacking her valise on the bed. “Then let us make sure no one else makes that mistake,” she said, pulling out ribbons and laces, a set of fancy hair combs and a few cosmetic pots. “Nanny Tasha always said a lady’s age should be a mystery.” Miranda closed her eyes. Truly, she was starting to wonder about Lord Langley’s choice of nannies for his daughters. Most of what the girls repeated from their dear caretakers sounded more like the advice of an experienced Cyprian, not that of a doting governess for small, impressionable children. Felicity ~ Elizabeth Boyle,

112:I enjoy solitude. It's probably selfish, but why bother about it. Life is much too important, as Oscar Wilde said, to be taken seriously. I feel so sorry for those mothers who are devastated by loneliness when their children fly the coop and don't want to live at home anymore. They feel lost, but look what exciting things can be done. Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it! ~ Tasha Tudor,

113:MY MOM SAYS IT’S TIME for me to give up now, and that what I’m doing is futile. She’s upset, so her accent is thicker than usual, and every statement is a question. “You no think is time for you to give up now, Tasha? You no think that what you doing is futile?” She draws out the first syllable of futile for a second too long. My dad doesn’t say anything. He’s mute with anger or impotence. I’m never sure which. His frown is so deep and so complete that it’s hard to imagine his face with another expression. If this were even just a few months ago, I’d be sad to see him like this, but now I don’t really care. He’s the reason we’re all in this mess. ~ Nicola Yoon,

114:I have my sources." Somehow, saying I'd heard it from my mom sounded less cool. "You've decided, right? I mean, it sounds like a good deal, seeing as she's going to give you fringe benefits..."
He gave me a level look. "What happens between her and me is none of your business," he replied crisply.
...
Dimitri arched an eyebrow, then jerked his head back where we'd come from. "You hang out in his room a lot?"
Several retorts popped into my head, and then a golden one took precedence. "What happens between him and me is none of your business." I managed a tone very similar to he one he'd used on me when making a similar comment about him and Tasha. ~ Richelle Mead,

115:Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose our femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get much more accomplished by being charming than we would by flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they’re wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error. Things half seen are so much more mysterious and delightful. Remember the term “a neatly turned ankle”? Think of the thrill that gentleman used to get if they caught even a glimpse of one. Now women go around in their union suits. And what a multitude of sins you could cover up with a long skirt if you had piano legs. ~ Tasha Tudor,

116:Dimitri's voice snapped my attention back to him. "That's Adrian Ivashkov." He said the name the same way everyone else did.
"Yeah, I know."
"This is the second time I've seen you with him."
"Yeah," I replied glibly. "We hang out sometimes."
Dimitri arched an eyebrow, then jerked his head back toward where we'd come from. "You hang out in his room a lot?"
Several retorts popped into my head, and then a golden one took precedence. "What happens between him and me is none of your business." I managed a tone very similar to the one he'd used on me when making a similar comment about him and Tasha.
"Actually, as long as you're at the Academy, what you do is my business."
"Not my personal life. You don't have any say in that. ~ Richelle Mead,

117:This has been the point of much of this book. The human brain is a machine designed by natural selection to respond in pretty reflexive fashion to the sensory input impinging on it. It is designed, in a certain sense, to be controlled by that input. And a key cog in the machinery of control is the feelings that arise in response to the input. If you interact with those feelings via tanha—via the natural, reflexive thirst for the pleasant feelings and the natural, reflexive aversion to the unpleasant feelings—you will continue to be controlled by the world around you. But if you observe those feelings mindfully rather than just reacting to them, you can in some measure escape the control; the causes that ordinarily shape your behavior can be defied, and you can get closer to the unconditioned. ~ Robert Wright,

118:Se ha comentado a menudo negativamente que los darsana clásicos digan explícitamente que el fin de la filosofía es la salvación, moksa. Se tacha entonces a la presunta filosofía de teología y se le atribuye una intención espúrea al quehacer filosófico de búsqueda desinteresada e imparcial de la verdad. Que la filosofía tenga una función salvífica significa que por su misma naturaleza la filosofía tiende a liberarnos de todo temor y de todo condicionamiento. La filosofía tenfría por misión la de fundamentar nuestra libertad. Toda filosofía auténtica, nos dirá la India clásica, es una filosofía de la liberación. Nos libera no sólo de las cadenas de la ignorancia, nos libera también del miedo a la acción y de la misma prisión de nuestras construcciones mentales a la par que políticas. Una filosofía que no libere no merece el nombre de tal. ~ Raimon Panikkar,

119:But if anyone turns away from My reminder, his life will
be a dark and narrow one and on the Day of
Resurrection We will gather him blind. (Surah Ta Ha:
124)
Only belief can save us from a life of anxiety, for we
cannot find true happiness on our own. Even if people are
rich, they cannot properly enjoy their wealth or enjoy the
blessings they possess. In order to do this, they must
understand how to appreciate them. For example, they
must realize that a carnation with perfectly arranged petals,
as well as its scent, softness, and incomparable beauty,
is a great blessing of creation. But only believers can
really understand this, because they know that whatever
exists is a gracious gift from Allah and that all blessings
come from Him. Therefore, they contemplate His infinite
creative power in every beautiful thing, thereby increasing
their love and attachment to Him. ~ Harun Yahya,

120:You act young," he said, "because you are young. But you know things, Roza. Things people older than you don't even know. That day...." I knew instantly which day he referred to. The one up against the wall. "You were right, about how I fight to stay in control. No one else has ever figured that out- and it scared me. You scare me."
"Why? Don't you want anyone to know?"
He shrugged. "Whether they know that fact or not doesn't matter. What matters is that someone- that you- know me that well. When a person can see into your soul, it's hard. It forces you to be open. Vulnerable. It's much easier being with someone who's just more of a casual friend."
"Like Tasha."
"Tasha Ozera is an amazing woman. She's beautiful and she's brave. But she doesn't-"
"She doesn't get you," I finished.
He nodded. "I knew that. But I still wanted the relationship. I knew it would be easy and that she could take me away from you. I thought she could make me forget you."
I'd thought the same thing about Mason. "But she couldn't."
"Yes. And, so.....that's a problem. ~ Richelle Mead,

121:Boyfriend/Girlfriend-Centered This may be the easiest trap of all to fall into. I mean, who hasn’t been centered on a boyfriend or girlfriend at one point? Let’s pretend Brady centers his life on his girlfriend, Tasha. Now, watch the instability it creates in Brady. TASHA’S ACTIONS BRADY’S REACTIONS Makes a rude comment: “My day is ruined.” Flirts with Brady’s best friend: “I’ve been betrayed. I hate my friend.” “I think we should date other people”: “My life is over. You don’t love me anymore.” The ironic thing is that the more you center your life on someone, the more unattractive you become to that person. How’s that? Well, first of all, if you’re centered on someone, you’re no longer hard to get. Second, it’s irritating when someone builds their entire emotional life around you. Since their security comes from you and not from within themselves, they always need to have those sickening “where do we stand” talks. if who I am is what I have and what I have is lost, then who am I? ANONYMOUS When I began dating my wife, one of the things that attracted me most was that she didn’t center her life on me. I’ll never forget the time she turned me down (with a smile and no apology) for a very important date. I loved it! She was her own person and had her own inner strength. Her moods were independent of mine. You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together. Although their relationship has deteriorated, their emotional lives and identities are so intertwined that they can never fully let go of each other. Believe me, you’ll be a better boyfriend or girlfriend if you’re not centered on your partner. Independence is more attractive than dependence. Besides, centering your life on another doesn’t show that you love them, only that you’re dependent on them. Have as many girlfriends or boyfriends as you’d like, just don’t get obsessed with or centered on them, because, although there are exceptions, these relationships are usually about as stable as a yo-yo. ~ Sean Covey,

122:thought you had liberal views on what women should be allowed to do. It’s not as if I were suggesting joining one of your hideous hunts. I imagine that there aren’t wild animals behind every rock in Turkey waiting to charge at helpless humans.” “I wouldn’t object in principle to your going to Troy, but I will admit that I don’t view you as an adventurous type.” His eyes searched my own. “Beast! You don’t know me at all.” “Would you have the wardrobe?” He was laughing, and I realized he was teasing me. “Isn’t Ephesus in Turkey? Perhaps I could visit there on the same trip. I’ll send you a note from the Temple of Artemis, where I assure you I will not appear in evening clothes.” “I didn’t realize you had an interest in antiquity.” “Philip inspired me.” We had reached the rue de Rivoli and were nearly at the Meurice. “Let’s keep walking; I would like to see the river at night.” We turned away from the hotel and walked until we reached the Pont-Neuf. The air had grown chilly, and I had not worn even a light wrap; Colin stood near me to shield me from the wind blowing over the bridge. “Can you imagine how many people have crossed this bridge?” I asked. “It must be three hundred years old. Do you think that Marie Antoinette ever stood here and looked across the Seine at the city?” “Hardly. I think she would have had a greater appreciation for the views at Versailles.” “We consider this bridge old, but if it were in Athens, would anyone even comment on it? I shouldn’t be impressed with anything less than two thousand years old if I were in Greece.” “Then you would miss some particularly fine Roman ruins, my dear. Why don’t you plan a nice, civilized trip to Athens on your way to Santorini when you go?” “I shall have to see how it fits with my plan to visit Troy.” Colin shook his head and took my arm. I let him guide me back to the hotel, but not before contemplating at some length the pleasure I derived from his standing so close to me. COLIN CALLED ON ME the next afternoon, and I confess I was delighted to see him. I planned to dine in my rooms that evening and invited him to join me. He readily accepted. “What time shall I return?” he asked. “I’ll only need to dress.” “Don’t be silly,” I replied. “We shan’t dress. I ordered a light supper and asked to have it early. It’s only the two of us, and ~ Tasha Alexander,

123:We aren't fighting right now." I blurted out.

He gave me a sidelong look. "Do you want to fight?"

"No. I hate fighting with you. Verbally, I mean. I don't mind in the gym."

I thought I detected the hint of a smile. Always a half-smile for me. Rarely a full one. "I don't like fighting with you either."

Sitting next to him there, I marveled at the warm and happy emotions springing up inside me. There was something about being around him that felt so good, that moved me in a way Mason couldn't. You can't force love, I realized, It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

The next words that came out of my mouth astonished me, both because they were completely unselfish and because I actually meant them.

"You should take it."

He flinched. "What?"

"Tasha's offer. You should take her up on it. It's a really great chance."

I remembered my mom's words about being ready for children. I wasn't. Maybe she hadn't been. But Tasha was. And I knew Dimitri was too. They got along really well. He could go be her guardian, have some kids with her...it would be a good deal for both of them.

"I never expected to hear you say anything like that," he told me, voice tight. "Especially after-"

"What a bitch I've been? Yeah." I tugged his coat tighter against the cold. It smelled like him. It was intoxicating, and I could half-imagine being wrapped in his embrace. Adrian might have been onto something about the power of scent. "Well. Like I said, I don't want to fight anymore. I don't want us to hate each other. And...well..." I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them. "No matter how I feel about us...I want you to be happy."

Silence yet again. I noticed then that my chest hurt.

Dimitri reached out and put his arm around me. He pulled me to him, and I rested my head on his chest. "Roza," was all he said.

It was the first time he'd really touched me since the night of the lust charm. The practice room had been something different...more animal. This wasn't even about sex. It was just about being close to someone you cared about, about the emotion that kind of connection flooded you with.

Dimitri might run off with Tasha, but I would still love him. I would probably always love him.

I cared about Mason. But I would probably never love him.

I sighed into Dimitri, just wishing I could stay like that forever. It felt right being with him. And-no matter how much the thought of him and Tasha made me ache-doing what was best for him felt right. Now, I knew, it was time to stop being a coward and do something else that was right. Mason had said I needed to learn something about myself. I just had.

Reluctantly, I pulled away and handed Dimitri his coat. I stood up. He regarded me curiously, sensing my unease.

"Where you going?" he asked.

"To break someone's heart," I replied.

I admired Dimitri for a heartbeat more-the dark, knowing eyes and silken hair. The I headed inside. I had to apologize to Mason...and tell him there'd never be anything between us. ~ Richelle Mead,

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