#las

I once thought the three most important words in creation were ‘whatever proved necessary,’” he said. “And now?” she gasped against his mouth. “Now I know I was wrong. The three most important words in creation are ‘I love you ↗

— Gena Showalter Last Kiss Goodnight

#last-kiss-goodnight #solomon #vika #love

trust was as painful as love ↗

— Nicole Williams

#crash #crush #nicole-williams #love

Oh! that look of love!" continued he, between his teeth, as he bolted himself into his own private room. "And that cursed lie; which showed some terrible shame in the background, to be kept from the light in which I thought she lived perpetually! Oh, Margaret, Margaret! Mother, how you have tortured me! Oh! Margaret, could you not have loved me? I am but uncouth and hard, but I would never have led you into any falsehood for me. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#deception #dishonor #falsehood #love #shame

It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love #love

But why Alaska?' I asked her. 'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut word, Alyeska. It means 'that which the sea breaks against,' and I love that. But at the time, I just saw Alaska up there. And it was big, just like I wanted to be. ↗

— John Green

#love

If people were rain i was a drizzle and she was a hurricane. ↗

— John Green

#drizzle #hurricane #lookin-for-alaska #love #miles

I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over... ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#love

Love’? What do you know about love?” "It’s at the heart of every story,” Rollo said with authority. “If humans could avoid falling in love, you would never get yourselves into any trouble. ↗

— Jessica Day George

#the-lass #love

Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. To see the best is to see most clearly, and it is the lover's privilege. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#fiction #literature #love

Anybody else think that was weird?” Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were, of course, in the backseat. Amelie had the front, with Michael. “Ya think? In general, or in particular?” “Weird that we got through the entire thing, and I didn’t have to hit anybody.” There was a moment of silence. Michael said, as he started the car, “You’re right, Shane. That is strange. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#claire-danvers #eve-rosser #michael-glass #morganville-vampires #shane-collins