#heartfelt

Why are you touching me? Because I can. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#compassion #heartfelt #love #love

My name is Ashallyn'darkmyr Tallyn, third son of the Unseelie Court...Let it be known--from this day forth, I vow to protect Meghan Chase, daughter of the Summer King, with my sword, my honor, and my life. Her desires are mine. Her wishes are mine. Should even the world stand against her, my blade will be at her side. And should it fail to protect her, let my own existence be forfeit. This I swear, on my honor, my True Name, and my life. From this day on..." His voice went even softer, but I still heard it as though he whispered it into my ear. "I am yours. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#honor #love #life

Thanks to Lana Turner, Eleven Eleven, The Nation, LIT Magazine (USA), Critical Quarterly (UK), Beautiful Outlaw Press, no press, The Capilano Review, cv2, Rhubarb and Centre A Gallery (Canada). ↗

— Erin Moure

#capitalism #feltheart #friends #heartfelt #lana-turner

These are some of the things for which we believe the American people owe no little gratitude to the Dutch; and these are the things for which today, speaking in the name of the American people, we venture to express their heartfelt thanks. ↗

— Seth Low

#american people #believe #dutch #express #gratitude

I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying to figure out how her local bank can change the terms on her credit card, and I heard from a physicist at a major research university who wants to explain a better theory of financial stress tests. ↗

— Elizabeth Warren

#better #card #change #credit #credit card

Make sure to tell our baby that his father loves him every day of his life, just like I will always love you every single day. ↗

— E.L. Montes

#life

The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to such a degree that they confused it with their true feelings. ↗

— Jung Chang

#chinese #confused #degree #fashion #feelings

You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”- Hazel, the Fault in Our Stars ↗

— John Green

#forever #hazel #heartfelt #love #love

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#heartfelt #shame #sorrow #tears #need

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#calculated #calls #heartfelt #hurts #making