Robin was disposed to feel desperately sorry for anyone with a less fortunate love life than her own – if desperate pity could describe the exquisite pleasure she actually felt at the thought of her own comparative paradise.
Robert GalbraithWe don’t need eyes to judge people’s beauty; but unfortunately we judge them as we see.
M.F. MoonzajerTag: love people judgement fortune real-love
Behind every successful fortune there is a crime.
Mario PuzoTag: crime fortune successful behind every
The two women look at each other and in both faces there is a glimpse of the girls that they were. A little smile warms Margaret’s face and Jacquetta’s eyes are filled with love. It is as if the years are no more than the mists of Barnet or the snows at Towton: they are gone, it is hard to believe they were ever there. Margaret puts out her hand, not to touch her friend but to make a gesture, a secret shared gesture, and, as we watch, Jacquetta mirrors the movement. Eyes fixed on each other they both raise their index finger and trace a circle in the air – that’s all they do. Then they smile to each other as if life itself is a joke, a jest that means nothing and a wise woman can laugh at it; then, without a word, Margaret passes silently into the darkness of the tower.
"What was that?" Isabel exclaims.
"It was the sign for the wheel of fortune," I whisper. ‘The wheel of fortune which put Margaret of Anjou on the throne of England, heiress to the kingdoms of Europe, and then threw her down to this. Jacquetta warned her of this long ago – they knew. The two of them knew long ago that fortune throws you up to greatness and down to disaster and all you can do is endure.
I was taught to be queen by Margaret of Anjou, and perhaps I have taught you how to be queen in turn. This is fortune’s wheel indeed." With my forefinger I draw a circle in the air, the sign of fortune’s wheel. "You can go very high and you can sink very low, but you can rarely turn the wheel at your own bidding.
Philippa GregorySo, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –
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Съдбата е неуморен отличник и никога не оставя домашното си за утре.
Александър СекуловTag: novel fortune contemporary homework bulgarian
In every day waits fortune like a seed ready to sprout.
Sharon DuerstTag: inspiration determination possibility spirituality fortune luck
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
Nicolas ChamfortThe only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
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