Human relations, at least between the sexes, were carried on as relations between countries are now - with ambassadors, and treaties. The parties concerned met on the great occasion of the proposal. If this were refused, a state of war was declared.
Each positive thought is your refuge and your sanctuary, where in that thoughtful moment, you are safe.
Alexia's books called this end of the vampire life cycle . Alexia, who thought the action astoundingly similar to a soufflé going flat, decided at that moment to call it the Grand Collapse.
In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.
The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do.
I am suspended in the moment. Flickering images faded with age, frozen thoughts hovering precariously in dead space, a whirlwind of memories that slice through my soul.
It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.
Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.
He didn't want to get his hopes up, but he also refused to be a pessimist about this moment. Everything could go either way.
We’re toasting the chlorophyll rising in our bodies, catching the energy from the universe. Nobody’s ever been young like we are right at this moment.
Vimes thought for a moment and said, 'Well, dear, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man with a lot of wood must be in want of a wife who can handle a great big--
After a few awkward moments, Lizzy joined them and they skipped along the avenue, the three of them, laughing and whooping and altogether making an undignified spectacle of themselves.
Cities have the capability to at any moment shift out of the familiar, even if you've lived in one all your life.
The music had me intoxicated. The alcohol had me drunk. I partied so hard I threw up, and in a moment of nauseousness I vowed to never listen to music again.
Somehow, the pain and rage and confusion of the past eighteen years dissolves until all that is left is this one perfect moment; unscripted, unedited, it's ours and ours alone.
At that moment, the creature's back breached the waves, its body cutting through the water in a sinuous arch, rainbows sparking off the iridescent scales on its back. Rusalye.
Setting proper expectations from the moment you meet a potential client will reduce stress and enable all parties to work together, rather than struggling contentiously through the process.
She could just kill them. If she did they would be healed again in moments ☥ She'd better let sleeping demons lie. "Enlightenment." Coming soon
To lose everything is not the worst can happen." "It's starting again, from nothing, with nothing," Otah said. "Is exactly this," Maj agreed, then a moment later. "Starting again, and doing better.
I think I love you, Bennett. Probably not relevant at the moment so no need to say thanks.
And when whatever happened in that barn happened, it was a moment I’ll never forget. Like a missing key slid into a dusty old lock. Click. My world opened.
