“My husband's personality was filled with serenity and sunlight. Not even the incurable illness which fell upon him soon after our marriage could long cloud his brow. On the very night of his death he took me in his arms, and during the many months when he lay dying in his wheel chair, he often said jokingly to me: 'Well, have you already picked out a lover?' I blushed with shame. 'Don't deceive me,' he added on one occasion, 'that would seem ugly to me, but pick out an attractive lover, or preferably several. You are a splendid woman, but still half a child, and you need toys.” LoveNeedsWellsChildrenLongSaidStillsSeemsAgeNightHalfDyingArmsMonthsPersonalityLoversHusbandPicksShameFilledLaysCloudsIllnessUglyOccasionsAttractiveWheelsChairsMy HusbandToysSunlightSerenityDeceivingSplendidBrowsVenus In Furs Book:Venus in Furs Source: Venus in Furs
“For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with their plucky spirit and sacrifice. Unfortunately, Navy leaders at Pearl Harbor, struggling to protect what was left of the shattered Pacific Fleet, canceled a relief mission, allowing the island and its defenders to fall without support. Wake damaged the long-standing trust between the Corps and the Navy, a memory that still rankles Marines and shames sailors.” LongStillsTwoWholeSpiritFallLeftForceNationsMemoriesLeaderSupportStruggleSacrificeWeekProtectStandingShameMissionsSuperiorsShipsIslandsReliefAllowingTroopsPearlsNavyMarineHarborsTwo WeeksSailorShatteredPacificDefenders Author:Tom Clancy
“Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. You are still going to live a long timeand it would be a shame if you did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an entirely new realm of experience.My point is that you do not need me or anyone elseThe only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness” IfsNeedsPersonsLongStillsWould BeMovingFightingOpportunityShameDown AndSettlingRealmsEach DayHorizonStubbornnessSettling DownNomadicNew Horizons Author:Jon Krakauer