#love

But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the first time in her life, Katie had put herself first. Put her own wants and needs above everything and everyone else. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#everyone #everything #first-time #had-known #lie

Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always. Conrad at twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, even seventeen years old. For the rest of my life, I would think of him fondly, the way you do your first pet, the first car you drove. Firsts were important. ↗

— Jenny Han

#life

She was telling me that I had a life of disappointment before me if I continued to love him as I did. A love that is too strong can turn poisonous and bring great unhappiness. And then, what is the remedy? Can you unlearn your heart's desire? Can you stop loving someone? Easier to drown yourself; easier to take the lover's leap. ↗

— Alma Katsu

#love #pain #romance #life

She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed. ↗

— O. Henry

#the-pendulum #wife #life

No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other ways to have fulfilling relationships that can sustain you and make your life great and fun other than having a sexualized relationship. It’s not the only kind of fulfilling human interaction. So, even if you are single forever, that doesn’t mean that you’ve had some kind of failed life. ↗

— John Green

#romance #youtube #life

The first snow is like the first love. Do you remember your first snow? ↗

— Lara Biyuts

#love #snow #winter #life

Above all, we pray that they will make the journey from selfishness to true love. Whether together or single, this is a journey we all have to make. In a sense it is the real journey of life. ↗

— Jane Ross-MacDonald

#marriage #prayer #life

Love is a fine thing while it lasts, but rarely is it permanent ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#fine #lasts #life #love #never

He flashed the warmest smile I'd ever seen, and my heart felt comforted. Maybe D.J. saw my insecurities, my fears. Maybe he knew God still had a lot of work to do in my life before I'd be good girlfriend material. Or maybe, just maybe, he saw beyond all that and simply wanted to flirt with the wedding coordinator instead of rehearse for the big night. I did my best to relax...and let him. ↗

— Janice Thompson

#god #love #smiles #life

When we stop judging others and ourselves, our heart begins to open. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#heart #joy #judgement #love #meditation