#dl

There are two things I was born to do. One is to protect Atlas,” Jackson began. He paused, tracing a fingertip from my temple to my jaw. “The other is to love you. If you don’t believe in anything else, believe in that. Trust me. Trust in me. ↗

— M. Leighton

#love

Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming. ↗

— Elizabeth Haydon

#learning-to-handle-a-sword #age

I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread. ↗

— Jennifer Estep

#gin-blanco #love #owen #scheme #thread

Just once, I would like there to be something special about being the kid stuck in the middle. ↗

— Karen Tayleur

#middle #middle-child #special #love

A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization! ↗

— Deeba Salim Irfan

#goal #goal-achievement #goals #hurdles #love-hurts

Now Hadley presses her forehead against the window of the taxi and once again finds herself smiling at the thought of him. He's like a song she can't get out of her head. Hard as she tries, the melody of their meeting runs through her mind on an endless loop, each time as surprisingly sweet as the last, like a lullaby, like a hymn, and she doesn't think she could ever get tired of hearing it. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#hadley #love #love

I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold ↗

— Mahmoud Darwish

#poetry #love

I had never been so extravagantly proud of having blood that clotted. ↗

— Rob Sheffield

#love

The twins hobbled forward. "Freaks and dames and boys and things, drinks and bones and shiny rings," said the twin on the left. "Ashes and earth will imprison the frail, blood of love will lift the veil," said the other. ↗

— J.A. Redmerski

#love

It is an emotional and an enchanted place. If the study of the conscious mind highlights the importance of reason and analysis, study of the unconscious mind highlights the importance of passions and perception. ↗

— David Brooks

#love