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I know I’m not supposed to say this,” he said. “But I think I love you more than ever.” I took his hand and tried not to think about how happy his words made me. ↗

— Richelle Mead

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She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate observations. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

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When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor which is love. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#love #life

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment. ↗

— Markus Zusak

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You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here’s a hint—ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn’t just the women. It’s the great male fantasy—all it takes is one dance to know that she’s the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know—this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don’t want a very long courtship. They want to know immediately. ↗

— Rachel Cohn

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Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow? ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#lost-love #moment #love

We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#self #love

Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so! ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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It'll be dangerous," Nyssa warned him. "Hardship, monsters, terrible suffering. Possibly none of you will come back alive." "Oh." Suddenly Leo didn't look so excited. Then he remembered everyone was watching. "I mean... Oh, cool! Suffering? I love suffering! Let's do this. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#leo-valdez #rick-riordan #the-lost-hero #love

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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