#ch

We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams. ↗

— Kate Chisman

#disappointment #divorce #envy #heartache #heartbreak

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom. ↗

— Erik Erikson

#child #children #failure #hateful #his

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow man and I will tell you how much you have loved them. ↗

— Helmut Thielicke

#love

I was wounded by a blow of love. ↗

— Tom Spanbauer

#love

Kiss me twice, I am schizophrenic .. Kiss me ten times, I am obsessive! ↗

— أحمد عمارة

#kiss #laugh #love #obsession #schizophrenia

If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me. ↗

— William Congreve

#delight #heart #i #i see #love

Love is like a reptile, you cut off its tail and it grows another one." Kiss Me Judas ↗

— Will Christopher Baer

#will-christopher-baer #love

From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other, but because they are difficult to combine, it is far better to be loved than feared if you cannot be both. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#love #machiavelli #love

I have come to see clearly that life is more than self. It is more than doing what I want, striving for what will benefit me, dreaming of all I can be. Life is all about my relationship with God. There is no higher calling, no loftier dream, and no greater goal than to live, breathe, and be poured out for Jesus Christ." --Jamie in Brother Andrew's "The Calling ↗

— Brother Andrew

#god #highest-calling #living-for-christ #purpose #sacrifice

There isn’t a person in this city more dangerous than a wolf whose mate is in danger. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#anna-cornick #charles-cornick #fair-game #love #mates