#his

With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #love

No estoy enamorado de ti. Ni siquiera despiertas en mí una de esas nostalgias aberrantes que los hombres de mi edad sienten con la proximidad de una vida joven: eres un ser inferior, Iris Mateluna, un trozo de existencia primaria que rodea a un útero reproductor tan central a tu persona que todo el resto de tu ser es cáscara superflua. ↗

— José Donoso

#love #machismo #senilidad #sex #love

That was the first time ever in history that anybody got Special Guest Star. I started that whole nonsense. ↗

— Jonathan Harris

#ever #first #first time #got #guest

I stand up and walk forward, grabbing the arm of the desk chair. I sit back down on the bed and pull her to me until she’s flush against my legs. I place my hands on her cheeks and force her to look at me. “Layken Cooper, I love you. I’ve loved you since the second I laid eyes on you and I haven’t stopped loving you for a second since. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#this-girl #will-cooper #love

The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams. ↗

— Terence McKenna

#culture #dreams #history #imagination #dreams

Beer bottles, whiskey bottles, brown glass, green. They fell to the lawn and I'd feel serene. Adam was king to my stilted queen. ↗

— Kate Bernheimer

#drinking #love #poems #whiskey #love

It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you. ↗

— Nicole Krauss

#nicole-krauss #the-history-of-love #love

You love me?' 'Yes, you great lummox. I love you.' He lets out a sigh. 'Sweet Camulos! It's about time. ↗

— Robin L. LaFevers

#dark-triumph #grave-mercy #his-fair-assassin #robin-lafevers #romance

Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero tal vez la quiero. Es tan corto el amor y es tan largo el olvido. Porque en noches como ésta la tuve entre mis brazos, mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido. Aunque éste sea el último dolor que ella me causa, y éstos sean los últimos versos que yo le escribo. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#hispanic #loss #love #spanish #love

Completely. Utterly. Frozen. My eyes drop to the table in front of me when she finishes. Her words are still sinking in. A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with. In love with? That's what she said. In love with. As in present tense. She loves me. Layken Cohen loves me. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#this-girl #love