#jo

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love. ↗

— George Eliot

#joy #love #sacrifice #love

I love you, Jonathan," she whispered. A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side. "I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#jonathan #love #love

Donald Rumsfeld. Love him or hate him, you've gotta admit: a lot of people hate him. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#joh-stewart #politics #rumsfield #love

She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And then, the space between us explodes. My heart keeps missing beats and my hands cannot bring her close enough to me. I taste her and realize I have been starving. I have loved before, but it didn't feel like this. I have kissed before, but it didn't burn me alive. Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it's an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#jodi-picoult #jodi-picoult-sing-you-home #kiss #lesbians #love

Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town! ↗

— John Fante

#love

Biting her lip to stop her chin from quivering, Alexandra raised her eyes to his. "I think," she whispered, trying to smile, "I shall wear the ruby on Queen's Race day, so that when I tie my ribbon on your sleeve—" With a groan, Jordan pulled her into his arms. "Now that you've said all those other things," she whispered when he finally lifted his lips from hers several minutes later, "do you think you could possibly say 'I love you'? I've been waiting to hear that since you began and—" "I love you," he said fiercely. "I love you," he whispered softly, burying his face in her hair. "I love you," he groaned, kissing her lips. "I love you, I love you, I love you… ↗

— Judith McNaught

#jordan #judith-mcnaught #something-wonderful #love

Sometimes love means not being able to bear seeing the one you love the way they are, when they’re not what you hoped for them. ↗

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

#tiger-lily #tink #love

One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is both passion and longing and a bittersweet quality to it that is a part of life. ↗

— Tim Burton

#bonham-carter #depp #helena #johnny #stop

Next time I fall in love it's going to be with someone who isn't an expert in fibbing." "You're in love with me?" "You didn't know that?" "I did, but it's nice to hear." "Scares the hell out of me. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#stephanie-plum #love

Xav! Got you. Not letting you go. I realised I wasn't alone in mental deep space; he had always been there and could pilot me home. ↗

— Joss Stirling

#joss #love #moment #sterling #xav