#love

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ↗

— Woody Allen

#love

You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#buddhism #dark-night-of-the-soul #enlightenment #love #meditation

Flipping to the front, I caught Aiden's gaze and offered a sympathetic smile. "Skittles?" "Please." I dumped some into his open palm, then picked out the green ones. Aiden grinned at me. "You know I don't like the green ones?" Shrugging, I popped them in my mouth. "The few times I've seen you eat them, you leave the green ones behind." Deacon popped his head between our seats. "That's true love right there." "That it is." Aiden's gaze flicked to the road. I flushed like a little schoolgirl and focused on the remaining pieces of candy until Deacon drifted back into his seat. I handed all the red ones to Aiden. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#love #sweet #love

Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both. ↗

— R.L. LaFevers

#sybella #love

I Promise," Shane said. "You'd better, jerkface," Eve said. "How's the head?" "Taped. It's fine, chicks dig scars. Wait, did you just call me jerkface? Are we back in grade school?" "I love you," Eve said. He closed his moth, fast, because obviously that was not what he'd expected. "I, uh, okay, love you too. Can we stop that? It's uncomfortable." "Jerkface." "Much better. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#jerkface #shane-collins #love

We were once getting married. And I have loved you all this time- a century and a half. -Jem ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love

I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness. ↗

— Alessandro Baricco

#love

Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing, going in circles, mounting each other. Paris is the city of love, even for the birds. ↗

— Samantha Schutz

#paris #love

You’re in love with me? Why have you never said anything?” He demanded. “No one wants to tell someone she loves him, and have him not say it back,” her eyes dropped and she said it so softly he had to strain to hear it. ↗

— Laura Hunsaker

#highland-destiny #mackenzie #love

You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me. ↗

— Sam Shepard

#love #lovers #love