#in

When the gods want to punish you, they answer your prayers. ↗

— karen Blixon

#happiness-sadness #love

Like I'm flying." I smile and tilt my face closer to hers. Close enough that I can feel her breath on my face. "like I'm flying through the night sky because I have no idea what the hell I'm doing, but I can't get enough of you. ↗

— Jolene Perry

#melting #sweet-words #young-love #love

You like him, Rose. Why don't you just admit that, at least to me? ↗

— Louise Rozett

#crush #friends #love #secrets #love

Did I know him? Did I love him? You ask me that? I knew him like you know nobody in the world, and I loved him like you love God. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#the-light-of-the-world #winner-take-nothing #love

You don't just get over it. And it doesn't make any difference if you're supposedly a grown-up. It never goes away. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#loss #love

...some things are better left in the past. And true things are destined to repeat themselves. ↗

— Suzanne Young

#fate #love #love

Was she acting entirely consciously? No: women are always sincere, even in the midst of their most shocking duplicities, because it is always some natural emotion which dominates them. Perhaps, having given this young man such a hold on her, by having openly demonstrated her affection for him, Delphine was merely responding to a sense of personal dignity, which led her either to revoke any concessions she might have made or, at least, to enjoy suspending them. Even at the very moment when passion seizes her, it is perfectly natural for a Parisian woman to delay her final fall, as a way of testing the heart of the man into whose hands she is about to deliver herself and her future! ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#duplicities #future #heart #love #passion

Conor, I could search the world for another swashbuckling scientist, but I doubt if I would find one like you. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#lovers #romance #scientist #search #swashbuckling

You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#love #truth-telling #love

Love is not about liking, loving and caring, but appreciation, understanding and devotion. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#caring #loving #love