#her

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #mothers #love

When prayers were ended, and his Mother had wished him good-night with that long steady look of hers which conveyed no expression of the tenderness that was in her heart, but yet had all the intensity of a blessing. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#love

Please, help me. Young werewolves in love. I turned to walk into the house, moving carefully. I had never much believed in God. Well, that's not quite true. I believed that there was a God, or something close enough to it to warrant the name if there were demons, there had to be angels, right? If there was a Devil, somewhere, there had to be a God. But He & I had never really seen things in quite the same terms. All the same. I flashed a look up at the ceiling. I didn't say or think any words, but if God was listening, I hoped he got the message nonetheless. I didn't want of these children getting themselves killed. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#dresden #files #fool #fool-moon #jim

As you have seen the treachery of love because of me, I have seen my cruelty because of you. But you learned mercy from me, and from you I learned resilience. As you came to understand me enough to know the value I placed on selfless love, I understand your nature better. ↗

— D. Morgenstern

#learning-from-mistakes #love #relationships #understanding-oneself-and-others #love

We smile but I want more. I want her to hug me. ↗

— M.J. Hayland

#love #mother #smile #love

Tatsuya: What you have "right now" won't necessarily continue on until forever... Hiro: ... Yeah, I know. ↗

— Ibuki Haneda

#forever #happiness #reality #love

You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered," Mr. Solomon said. ↗

— Ally Carter

#cameron-morgan #gallagher-girls #joe-solomon #rachel-morgan #love

Well, good afternoon, sunshine. How are you feeling?" "Like something the cat dragged in, then dragged back outside to leave in the rain, and mud, then the lightning hit it, and burned it, and the cat came back to tear it into pieces, before burying it. ↗

— Kimberly Montague

#bastard #betrayal #brother #car #cars

Sinclair, your love is attracted to me. Once it begins to attract me, i will come. I will not make a gift of myself, I must be won. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#hermann-hesse #love

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#caring-for-others #caring-loved-one #illness #parenting #sacrifice