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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

...if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. ↗

— William Goldman

#romance #the-princess-bride #william-goldman #love

if love doesnt come first and linger after, if love cant wait and endure disappointment and seperation, then its not love. ↗

— Robin Hobb

#love

If I stopped loving Him, I would cease to believe in His love. If I loved God, then I would believe in His love for me. It's not enough to need it. We have to love first, and I don't know how. But I need it, how I need it. ↗

— Graham Greene

#love #love

I tried. Can't do it. Brain's empty. ↗

— Sharon Creech

#love