#infatuation

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

He's become the one the songs are about, and while part of me knows he's probably worth that, another part is yelling at me to slow the fuck down. ↗

— John Green

#love #love

My love affair with (him) had a wonderful element of romance to it, which I will always cherish. But it was not an infatuation, and here’s how I can tell: because I did not demand that he become my Great Emancipator or my Source of All Life, nor did I immediately vanish into that man’s chest cavity like a twisted, unrecognizable, parasitical homonculus. During our long period of courtship, I remained intact within my own personality, and I allowed myself to meet (him) for who he was. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#infatuation #love #life

Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money and can't hold down a job. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love #love

I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, 'Let's talk about something that matters'. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#celebrity #chaos #i #infatuation #love

Love is a word that is overused these days, due to other lesser feelings often being mistaken for it. Infatuation, admiration, and attraction can pose as love, and can sometimes overwhelm us and fool us into thinking that we have found the real thing when we haven't. Those other feelings may be pleasant for a time, but they are not real love. Real love is rare. It's something that, quite honestly, I believe very few people ever truly experience. ↗

— Marian Vere

#crush #infatuation #love #real-love #true-love

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

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

— John Green

#infatuation #love #beauty

Mr. Haverbink bowed deeply, muscles rippling all up and down his back, and lumbered from the room. Miss Hisselpenny sighed and fluttered her fan. "Ah, for the countryside, what scenery there abides..., " quoth she. Miss Tarabotti giggled. "Ivy, what a positively wicked thing to say. Bravo. ↗

— Gail Carriger

#flirting #infatuation #love #love

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

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#infatuation #love