#adoration

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself ~ all that runs over will be yours. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#advice #love #women #inspirational

...I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?... ↗

— John Geddes

#blaspheme #love #saint #worship #love

...is worship too strong a word? yes, I worship you - to worship is to give worth to something – isn’t that what love is all about?... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #words #worship #love

Once I saw Graham - wholly unconscious of her proximity - push her with his restless foot. She receded an inch or two. A minute after one little hand stole out from beneath her face, to which it had been pressed, and softly caressed the heedless foot. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#graham #polly #unrequited-love #villette #love

...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of your words... ↗

— John Geddes

#liturgy #love #sacred #words #love

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#adoration #ancient #baby #bethlehem #brilliant

The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my standards are so high - and they apply equally to both of us. I seek full-blast mutual intensity, fully fledged mutual acceptance, full-blown mutual flourishing, and fully felt peace and joy with each other. This requires a level of physical attraction, personal adoration, and moral admiration that is hard to find. ↗

— Cornel West

#admiration #adoration #apply #attraction #basic

Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you? ↗

— Richard Rodgers

#beauty #love #beauty

Looking at him now-even if she hadn't been in love with him, that part of her that was her mother's daugher, that loved every beautiful thing for its beauty alone, would still have wanted him. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#beauty #love #well-said #beauty

There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile...no sound sweeter than your laughter...no pleasure greater than holding you in my arms. I realized today that I could never live without you, stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next, you’re my only hope of happiness. Tell me, Lillian, dearest love...how can you have reached so far inside my heart? ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#devotion #love #soulmates #beauty