#infatuation

A hint of sensual frustration roughened his voice. “And I will curse the gods along with them, Min. Some wild monsoon raged through me as I looked at you just now. It’s left me rearranged inside, and I don’t have a map. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#hero #infatuation #romance #beauty

And when you love someone you don’t always see them realistically. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#infatuation #love

He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit. ↗

— Sophie Jordan

#infatuation #love #love

…I have never understood the concept of infatuation. It has always been my understanding that being ‘infatuated’ with someone means you think you are in love, but you’re actually not; infatuation is (supposedly) just a foolish, fleeting feeling. But if being ‘in love’ is an abstract notion, and it’s not tangible, and there is no way to physically prove it to anyone else… well, how is being in love any different than having an infatuation? They’re both human constructions. If you think you’re in love with someone and you feel like you’re in love with someone, then you obviously are; thinking and feeling is the sum total of what love is. Why do we feel an obligation to certify emotions with some kind of retrospective, self-imposed authenticity? ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#love

Honesty is a heart that betrays itself for a dream, a moment, a kiss. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#honesty #infatuation #love #moments #relationships

Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#infatuation #love #sensation #thoughts #dreams

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#avoid #congress #divide #facts #infatuation

I want to know how to make this girl laugh. I want to know what makes her cry. I want to know what it feels like to have her look at me as if I’m her knight in shinning armor. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#laugh

Margo's beauty was a kind of a sealed vessel of perfection - uncracked and uncrackable. ↗

— John Green

#infatuation #love #beauty

You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and merciless devaluation of self. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#infatuation #love