#first

For several moments he did not move from the doorway: he heard the girl’s soft, thin voice rise above the murmur of the assembled guests she served. She raised her head, and suddenly he met her eyes; they were pale and large and seemed to shine with a light within themselves. In some confusion he backed from the doorway and turned into the sitting room; he found an empty chair in a space by the wall, and he sat there looking at the carpet beneath his feet. He did not look in the direction of the dining room, but every now and then he thought he felt the gaze of the young woman brush warmly across his face. ↗

— John Williams

#love #love

My suffering left me sad and gloomy. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

Look, I'm not going to have sex with him just so he'll say that he loves me, you know?" ...That isn't why I was planning to have sex with Rob - to hear the words, I mean. I just wanted to get it over with. I think. Actually, I'm not sure why it seemed so important. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#i-love-you #sex #love

A witch sees through things and around things. A witch sees farther than most, a witch sees things from the other side. A witch knows where she is, who she is and when she is ... ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#men

If you believe in love at first sight, you will never stop looking. ↗

— the movie Closer

#love

In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment. ↗

— Albert Camus

#albert-camus #first-novel #death

You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#opening-lines #christ