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At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#beckoned #love

The fairies, as their custom, clapped their hands with delight over their cleverness, and they were so madly in love with the little house that they could not bear to think they had finished it. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#fairies #finish #hands #happy #house

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#fictional #love #love-story #lovers #romance

He was sitting not far away, watching me, and I surprised a smile on his face, the first real smile I had ever seen him give, a smile that curved and softened the tight mouth, and warmed the ice-cool eyes; a smile that brought the blood to my face and made my heart turn over. ↗

— Juliet Marillier

#red #romance #sevenwaters #sorcha #love

You love the chase, but hate me for the run around ↗

— Sara Bareilles

#love-games #love

You may fancy yourself safe and think yourself strong. But a chance tone of color in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you had once loved and that brings subtle memories with it, a line from a forgotten poem that you had come across again, a cadence from a piece of music that you had ceased to play. I tell you Dorian, that it is on things like these that our lives depend. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#inspirational

Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#music #past #understanding #life

What am I to you?” He brought his forehead to hers, staring into her, his eyes holding nothing but naked truth. “I’ve loved you for so long… You’re my downfall,” he whispered, his words breaking, “…and my fucking salvation. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#love #passion #salvation #truth #love

Love should feel like a hand sewn quilt made by grandma, wrapping you up on a cold winter morning. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#lovers #romance #romance-love #romantic #love

Talk is cheap. If it wasn't, people might not toss around "I love you" like a marked-down phrase in a sale bin. ↗

— Tonya Hurley

#love