#art

The undivided heart is a good thing, as long as you love somebody. In fact, a divided heart that loves someone is better than an undivided heart that loves nobody -- the latter would actually be undivided egoism. It would mean having one's heart full, but with the most corrupting thing there is: oneself. Of this type of virgin and celibate, unfortunately none too rare, Charles Peguy has rightly said: "Because they do not belong to someone else, they think they belong to God. Because they love no one else, they think that they love God. ↗

— Raniero Cantalamessa

#love

I don’t want to hear it. Go back to Sammy and get your platter of gonorrhea with a heaping side order of chlamydia. It’s free. Please leave. ↗

— Melisa M. Hamling

#love #romance #love

She won't win," Eric said. He sounded confident, passionate--everything I might have hoped would be reassuring. "You're sure?" I asked. "Yes, my lover. I'm sure." "But you're not here," I observed, and I hung up very gently. He didn't call back. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#love

Every morning, in his extreme loneliness, The Laughing Man [whose face had been disfigured in a tragic circumstance], stole off to the dense forest surrounding the bandits' hideout. There he befriended any number and species of animals: dogs, white mice, eagles, lions, boa constrictors, wolves. Moreover, he removed his mask and spoke to them, softly, melodiously, in their own tongues. They did not think him ugly. ↗

— J.D Salinger

#judgmental-hearts #the-laughing-man #love

Id Faciam What I hate I love. Ask the crucified hand that holds the nail that now is driven into itself, why. ↗

— Catullus

#love

Love means to realise that we are one with life. Real love means to realise that we are one with the other person, one with nature, and one with the trees, the stones, the earth and the blue sky. It means to realise that all of life is God. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#god #love #nature #one-with-life #life

I like the word 'affection' because it signifies something habitual, and we are soon to meet to try whether we have mind enough to keep our hearts warm. ↗

— Michael Kelahan

#hearts #love #warmth #love

He truly believed that no one could love him, and no matter who you are, that hurts. It made you insecure. It made you want to hide and build fences ↗

— Harlan Coben

#love #love

Amo gli occhi di una donna, la sua pelle, la sua passione, tutto. Parlo tanto, fin troppo, ma ci sono momenti che rimango in silenzio ad ascoltarmi. E’ in quei momenti che fabbrico i miei pensieri più veri, mentre cammino per le strade, osservando la gente che passa, ascoltando i discorsi, a volte assurdi, di alcune persone o assaporando il sole che mi scalda dentro. Amo ridere, giocare. Amo le cose belle, le belle storie che dicono qualcosa, mi piace tutto ciò che fa palpitare il cuore. E’ bello aver la pelle d’oca, significa che stai vivendo. ↗

— José Saramago

#cuore #heart #life #love #vita

Lovely Arra Sails, nectar to all males, how I'd like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale! ↗

— Darren Shan

#darren-shan #humor #innuendo #larten-crepsley #mr-crepsley