#enchanted

He was furious with himself for having lived these last days on a wish. On a lie. A kiss does not make the future. Love alone does not make a life. ↗

— Alethea Kontis

#enchanted #fairy-tales #love #love

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. ↗

— Alan Watts

#being #brain #ears #enchanted #experience

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#chambers #colour #enchanted #every #face

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#disenchanted #enchantments #gives #love #miracles

After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything to gain power, and then never follow through. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#anything #assuming #become #believing #disenchanted

No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold. ↗

— Alethea Kontis

#enchanted #love #truth #wednesday #love

Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what's off our human scale... at the moment. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#enchantment #magic #magical #perspective #scale

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#attitude #become #can-do #disenchanted #example

I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#evening #favorites #find #i #i love

To love her was to taste sweet surrender. For had she not entered his life, he would have sought the wonders of both Heaven and Earth. But she surpassed them all and, by her pleasing nature, stayed him. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#enchanted #love #love-story #lovers #richelle