“Every man carries within himself a world made up of all that he has seen and loved; and it is to this world that he returns, incessantly, though he may pass through and seem to inhabit a world quite foreign to it.” MenWorldMayMadeSeemsThis WorldReturnEvery ManCarrieIncessantly Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
“Men They hail you as their morning star Because you are the way you are. If you return the sentiment, They'll try to make you different; And once they have you, safe and sound, They want to change you all around. Your moods and ways they put a curse on; They'd make of you another person. They cannot let you go your gait; They influence and educate. They'd alter all that they admired. They make me sick, they make me tired.” IfsMenWayWantTryingPersonsDifferentStarsSoundMorningInfluenceReturnSafeSickTiredMoodCurseSentimentsEducateHailLetting You GoGaitSafe And Sound Book:Not So Deep as a Well Source: Not So Deep as a Well
“I know a man who is in love with my friend. He loves her absolutely. The only thing he wants in return is for her to love him.” Saiman arched his eyebrows, imitating me. “And?” "You’re the exact opposite of him. You lack the capacity to love, so you want to smother mine as well.” KnowsMenWantWellsMinesReturnMy FriendsCapacityOppositesEyebrowsImitatingCapacity To Love Book:Magic Bleeds Source: Magic Bleeds
“She knew that it would not be easy to submit to his miserliness, or the foolishness of his premature appearance of age, or his maniacal sense of order, or his eagerness to as for everything and give nothing at all in return, but despite all this, no man was better company because no other man in the world was so in need of love.” MenWorldLoveNeedsGivingAgeOrderEasyCompanyReturnAppearanceDespiteSubmitFoolishnessPrematureEagerness Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise.” MenGivingLittlesStillsDifferentSinReturnSpeechGiving UpClothesLustRelatedParadiseDifferent ThingsContrastIndulgeIndulge InRibs Book:Juliet: A Novel Source: Juliet: A Novel
“Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return as heroes who have fought and conquered, and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe.” IfsKnowsMenHeartMayMadePurposeTurnsStuffRocksReturnHeroIceFirmSteadyFoeBe A ManDisgraceBrowsStigma Book:Frankenstein Source: Frankenstein
“Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world steadily tempts us. No wonder we are given instructive words from Jesus about the narrowness and the straightness of the only path available to return home: “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). And then he said, “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus laid down strict conditions.” MenWorldWaySaidHomeFatherJesusGivenEasyWonderPathOne ThingConditionsPerspectiveReturnWalkingOvercomingAvailableDimensionsStrictConstrain Author:Neal A. Maxwell