He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was not worth losing his ability to touch a unicorn.
Because, good God, Lily Wellstone had the face of an angel, the body of a goddess, and the spirit of the devil glinting from her eyes. She was a woman worth losing his soul for.
It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light.
What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued hate, but wouldn't give love a chance?
I never gave him a chance to decide if I was worth loving. I'd taken that choice away from him - because I feared what it would be.
But when a woman decides to sleep with a man, there is no wall she will not scale, no fortress she will not destroy, no moral consideration she will not ignore at its very root: there is no God worth worrying about.
I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic…
The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
Men, I thought, were more trouble than they were worth. Really, one should stick to books where one sees the hero coming a mile off.
But some people, and especially very young people, don’t think anything’s worth believing unless it’s hard to believe.
Death is the privilege of human nature And life without it were not worth our taking Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and Mourner Fly for relief & lay their burdens down.
Any self-defense class worth its salt will tell you that you don’t pull out a weapon unless you intend to use it. The same should apply to ballsy remarks.
You’ve gotta love yourself enough to look INSIDE you & not BESIDE you for your joy, confidence, & self worth.
Here’s a little secret that’s going to save you a LOT of unnecessary grief in life. Are you ready? Your worth is not tied to any person.
Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.
It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can.
It is always worth itemizing happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers of happiness while you can.
O Nanak, if a blind man goes to assay jewels, he shall not know their worth and shall return after making an exhibition of himself.
Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.
They say ol’ man Beach is crazy. And maybe he is. But he goes ahead anyways. He’s the sort of man who knows the only things worth doing are the things might break your heart.
Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers; vile, beguiling demons promising justifiable compensation to a pained soul for his losses. Yet in truth they craftily fester away all else of worth remaining.
