#infatuation

Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night; Give me my Romeo; and, when I shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night... ↗

— William Shakespeare

#romeo-and-juliet #love

I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing. ↗

— Graham Greene

#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

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#true-love #love

Infatuation is like a drug that gives you the best high yet gives you the worst headache after. ↗

— Luke Blaise Pereira

#love #true #love

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#begun #burnt #computers #had #infatuation

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

If somebody never gets enough of you, they will always want more ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#desire #enigmatic #infatuation #love #relationships

Then she smiled and told me I was cute, and that I should be careful, and I asked her why, then she said that she might fall for me, but I know she was joking, because who would want to fall for me? I'm a mess. ↗

— Abraham M. Alghanem

#falling-in-love #infatuation #love #love