#ene

In a pocket of his knapsack he'd found a last half packet of cocoa and he fixed it for the boy and then poured his own cup with hot water and sat blowing at the rim. You promised not to do that, the boy said. What? You know what, Papa. He poured the hot water back into the pan and took the boy's cup and poured some of the cocoa into his own and then handed it back. I have to watch you all the time, the boy said. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#generosity #love #sacrifice #selflessness #love

Was there to be some healing after all? Was healing possible when grave damage had been done? Was wholeness possible when one had been horribly maimed. ↗

— Mary Balogh

#maim #wholeness #love

Dear heart,” he murmured, “do not look on me with those dear, scared eyes of yours. If there is aught that puzzles you in what I said, try and trust me a little longer. Remember, I must save the Dauphin at all costs; mine honor is bound with his safety. What happens to me after that matters but little, yet I wish to live for your dear sake. ↗

— Emmuska Orczy

#france #honor #love #the-scarlet-pimprenel #trust

We heal up through being loved, and through loving others. We don't heal by forming a secret society of one - by assessing about the only other 'one' we might admit, and being doomed to disappointment. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#healing #love #oneness #pain #love

This made my father laugh. 'Mary made a cake, did she? Well, well. Better that than she should make a cake for herself, I suppose.' Peter then burst out: 'Why must you always be making a game of Mary? 'Tis not fair; 'tis not sporting. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jane-austen #jennifer-paynter #love #loyalty #mary-bennet

Do you have any idea how attractive you are? Well, I'm better than roseanne Barr, I suppose. ↗

— Lucy Robinson

#self-deprecation #love

If the enemy is a significant part of your body, then how do you destroy it without killing yourself? ↗

— Toba Beta

#killing #love #love

The human heart operates from two premises: "I Am Responsible" and "Only Love Works. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#heart #joy #life #love #meditation

Intuition is a trust that if we follow our heart, if we follow our love, joy and truth, the Whole becomes enriched. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#intuition #joy #life #love #meditation

Presence is to meet another person in meditation. Presence is to invite another person in meditation. It is a meeting in love, joy, acceptance, sincerity, truth, silence and oneness. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#meditation #presence #psychology #spirituality #working-with-people