#lit

And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#love #nostalgia #possibility #rule #love

See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the revolving of nature. It is the same with human life. Victory and defeat are one in the vast stream of life. Victory is the beginning of defeat, and who can rest safely in victory? Impermanence is the nature of all things of this world. Even you will find your ill fortunes too will change. It is easy to understand the impatience of the old, whose days are numbered, but why should you young ones fret when the future is yours? ↗

— Eiji Yoshikawa

#the-heike-story #change

The unqualified affirmation of the univeral will of salvation has radically changed the way of conceiving the mission of the Church in the world. . . . The work of salvation is a reality which occurs in history. ↗

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

#revelation #spirituality #change

Something truly special never ceases to grow even more valuable with each passing time. If it would stand the test of time, then it's worth keeping though it may not look or feel the same when it was still brand new. ↗

— Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso

#commitment #fidelity #girlfriend #husband #love

Light is creation. Darkness is the space necessary to create. ↗

— Erica Jasmin Cartaya

#darkness-and-light #energy #enlightenment #god #growth

At the border of where I will literally not survive so long as I keep living in so much fear of the harsh judgments of others, I am finally conceding the truth to you all. I am finally conceding the truth to me. I am something other than straight. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#bisexuality #coming-out #homosexuality #love #pressure

He heard the thrill in her voice, he saw her earnest face, he saw her clear true eyes, he saw the quickened bosom that would have joyfully thrown itself before him to receive a mortal wound directed at his breast, with the dying cry, 'I love him!' and the remotest suspicion of the truth never dawned upon his mind. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#love

And I thought to myself how those fast little articles forget everything, everything, while we, old lovers, treasure every inch of their nymphancy ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#lolita #love #lovers #nymph #love

She didn't tell him white folks couldn't love the same as coloreds. She couldn't love the same neither though, cuz more than half of her was white. ↗

— Shannon Celebi

#colored #race #race-america #race-relations #racism

When in a relationship, never ever commit when your very intention is to cheat. ↗

— Stef Harder

#break-ups #cheating #divorce #gay #girlfriend