#ak

But maybe you never really had someone, she thought now. Maybe, no matter how much you loved them, they could slip through your fingers like water, and there was nothing you could do about it. She understood why people talked about hearts "breaking"; she felt as if hers were made of cracked glass, and the shards were like tiny knives inside her chest when she breathed. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fragile-love #glass #heartbreak #knives #love

Then there you are, then. The day Howl forgets to do that will be the day I believe he's really in love, and not before." Michael to Sophie about wether or not Howl is really in love with Lettie. pg, 170 ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#love

I'll tell you something, Harpy," he said, his voice almost a whisper now. "It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything. ↗

— Kristan Higgins

#divorce #heartbreak #love #romance #sad

I love being reminded that existence itself is all about the tangling of souls. ↗

— Carolyn Mackler

#intense #love #love

You planning top kill me with a Wiffle bat?" [Carson asked] "Yeah." "Why?" he asked. The bat was shaking in my tight grip. "Because I don't have my Minnie Mouse pillow. ↗

— Rachel Vail

#love

Love is always dangerous. To love is to hope you'll win it all while running the risk that you could lose it all. And sometimes it's also about accepting that there's a risk that you'll love more than you are loved. ↗

— Guillaume Musso

#taking-risks #love

For the love of God, unless you’re prepping for Rigoletto at the Met, go easy on the eyeliner. ↗

— Cheryl Cory

#excess #eyeliner #makeup #opera #teenagers

And if her heart was breaking with every step she took, at least he would never know. ↗

— Susan Andersen

#love #relationship #love

I - will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all. ↗

— Marc Norman

#love #poetry #shakespeare-in-love #viola-de-lesseps #life

I say love, it knows no season. It haunts the soul eternally. ↗