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When we embrace every aspect of ourselves with unconditional love – we heal. ↗

— Heidi DuPree

#love

I had the feeling she was going to say something big. One of us had to say it. What happened to us? Where are we going? It was like this silence between us was frozen and we were both feeling our way around it. How is it that two people can need each other so absolutely and then, in moments, not even know how to be next to each other and just be quiet? ↗

— Heather Duffy Stone

#inspirational #love #friendship

I am consciously surrendering conciousness. ↗

— Sarah Dunn

#love

She watched as he settled down on the bed with Naya skin to skin on his chest. His hand all but covered her tiny body as he stroked her in that changeling way, bonding with her on the most elemental level. Then he purred, and Naya made a happy little sound of delight, very much a cat in her love of touch. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#care #love #lucas #naya #parenthood

He nudged her with his shoulder but didn’t say anything. They stayed like that for a while, enjoying the silence of being alone and enjoying each other’s presence. It was easy... and comfortable. ↗

— Kimberly Derting

#love

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. ↗

— Edward Thomas

#yearning #love

He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not quite it... he is insane because when he loved you, you didn't notice. ↗

— Donald Barthelme

#madness #spite #love

I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#love

You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#love