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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#endless #kind-words #kindness #love #words

Good people left me breathless and wondering. How had they got that way? How good were they, anyway? How would it feel to be good? Then I hit middle age and suddenly I wanted to be a better person and to know that I was living a good life. ↗

— Judith O'Reilly

#humour #inspirational #middle-age #resolution #age

A good short definition of grace is “one-way love. ↗

— Lindsey A. Holcomb

#love

We kissed all the way through the fireworks display. We didn’t even notice that there was a fireworks display… …I guess because we’d been making fireworks of our own. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#teen

When the sun has set, no candle can replace it. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#lost-love #sunset #love

You know," he said, "under normal circumstances, you inviting me to the bedroom would be the highlight of my day." I crossed my arms and sat on the bed. I did so out of simple fatigue, but a moment later, I was struck by what I was doing. This is where Adrian sleeps. I'm touching the covers he's wrapped in every night. What does he wear? Does he wear anything? I jumped up. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#bloodlines #cute #love #richelle-mead #sydney-sage

Maybe he didn’t really encourage me to do things, but he didn’t prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn’t do things because I didn’t want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasn’t being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn’t really even know me? ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#love

He will love only once - but it will be for always. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#love #love

that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love

Don’t ever leave me again. Love only me, for the rest of our lives. Move into our house, make love to me every night, and make babies with me, Elli. Please, because being with you made me a better man, and I could never love anyone the way I love you. So please, marry me. ↗

— Toni Aleo

#love