#love

Isi, I’m trying to say that you’ve been… no, you’re so, you’re–” He stopped. "You are,” he said. His hand found hers, and he held her finger tightly, as though he did not dare to do any more than hold her one hand, and look at her, and breathe deeply. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#geric #isi #love #love

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#described #love #perfection #properly #study

I'm going to take you out of here ... I'm going to take you home, to the world where you belong, where cats with bent tails live, and there are little backyards, and alarm clocks ring in the morning. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#love

Being with Henry doesn't mean you have to give up who you are. Henry doesn't define you. ↗

— Aimee Carter

#diana #hades #henry #love #love

But it was unnecessary. There would be other nights. And how can you say I love you to someone you love? I rolled on my side and fell asleep next to her. Here is the point of everything I've been trying to tell you, Oskar. It's always necessary. I love you, Grandma ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#love

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people. ↗

— Rene Auberjonois

#i #i came #loved #out #people

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#love #thousands #water #without

Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. The greatest pain comes from leaving. When the child leaves home, when the husband or wife leaves for a long period of time or for good, when the beloved friend departs to another country or dies … the pain of the leaving can tear us apart. Still, if we want to avoid the suffering of leaving, we will never experience the joy of loving. And love is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#love #pain #death

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#fiction #first #first time #historical #historical fiction

I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#fail #failed #go #gusto #i