Philosophy Quote by Aesop

“And nothing, or no one, was going to get in his way of having what he wanted.”

— Lia Davis

“He chuckled low in his throat as he slowly eased away, leaving he momentarily confused and bereft, her body keenly aware of the abrupt…

— Tracy Anne Warren

“To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible…

— Richard Russo

“Except he hadn’t fully appreciated what he had until it was gone.”

— Lori Wilde

“He laughed at that, which was good. I needed him to understand who was in charge, but didn’t want to beat him down too…

— Barry Eisler

“I once believed I'd take whatever piece of him he was willing to give. That was no longer good enough. I wanted it all.”

— A.L. Jackson

“I was afraid that if I did anything at all without bartering for at least some small thing in return, he might think I…

— Margaux Fragoso

“He discounted the value of his own efforts, and seemed to feel that anyone would have done the same.”

— Yoko Ogawa

“... his second... must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite…

— Jane Austen

“...he was convinced that if he claimed all the parts he really loved he would be able to make peace with everything else.”

— Jill McCorkle

“You and I had already spent two-thirds of our lives trying to satisfy that bastard’s every whim, just because we were afraid of what…

— Anonymous

“He had glimpsed a glorious ideal, had struggled toward it and seized it and come to understand it, and was disappointed. One could sympathize.”

— John Gardner