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The smile on her face was almost Dante's. Tears pricked his eyes, then hers, while all those impossible things passed between them. While the truth was sending down roots and throwing out branches until it filled the silent room with impossible blossoms. I love him. ↗

— Damon Suede

#dante #griff #hot-head #love

How can one love the light and live in darkness? ↗

— Brent Weeks

#count-drake #night-angel #the-way-of-shadows #love

She shook her head. She was so pale under the diffuse lamp-light that she looked almost transparent, as if Simon could have looked right through her. The way, he supposed, he always had. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fiction #love #shadowhunters #vampires #love

Do you know what happened the last time I loved someone?” Growled against my skin with such tempered violence that my shiver turned into a shudder. I nodded. “No you don’t.” Another lethal growl. “You only know how she died. Let me tell you how she lived— in fear. My actions horrified her, as they horrify you. My enemies exploited her, as they exploit you, so it was more than an advancing army that made her throw herself from our roof. It was me. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#love

Seth was a wonderful kisser. He gave the kind of kisses that melted into your mouth and filled you with sweetness. They were like cotton candy. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#succubus-dreams #dreams

We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love. ↗

— Daniel Handler

#love

Save me, O you who love me; love me bravely. ↗

— Miklós Radnóti

#miklos-radnoti #love

I keep waiting, like in the cartoons, for an anvil to drop on my head. ↗

— Angie Harmon

#cartoons #drop #head #i #keep

Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you're working. Tell them it's research. Tell them to pipe down and leave you alone. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#reading #writing #work

A half-read book is like a half-finished love affair. ↗

— David Mitchell

#reading #love