#devotion

He will not take her.” Sabelle turned toward the booming declaration. Ice. His protective gaze was as tangible as a caress. She swallowed. “Of course not,” Duke assured. “Sabelle is too important to our cause.” Ice stormed around the table until he hovered beside her, mere inches away, his body heat pouring over her. “If there is a breath left in my body, he will not take her. ↗

— Shayla Black

#love

I would die for you if you want, but if you really want me to die I won’t. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #love

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#behavior #character #devotion #god #godly

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#angry #atheist #concept #devotion #fascinated

No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention required to make a vain person like me understand that, being a dog, he was wasting time, but, with those eyes so much purer than mine, he’d keep on gazing at me with a look that reserved for me alone all his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#devotion #dog #love #death

I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal into their hearts, I scrutinize their most fundamental beliefs, I scan their irrational impulses, their unspeakable emotions, I sleep in their lungs during the summer and their muscles during the winter, and all of this I do without the least effort, without intending to, without asking or seeking it out, without constraints, driven only by love and devotion. ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#intensity #love #dreams

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#creates #devotion #lead #leads #love

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make. ↗

— Abraham Cowley

#devotion #does #less #make #pilgrims

So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#boundless #busy #complete #creativity #devotion

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#devotion #display #govern #independence #laws