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He tucks his hands on the back of my head and rests his mouth on my forehead. I close my eyes. “I could stand here forever,” he says. “In this place? This oh-so-classy motel room?” “That’s the thing. It don’t matter where. ↗

— Kristin Halbrook

#places #romance #love

It wasn't until a year later, when a young woman with Danish pastries on either side of her head knelt down in front of a walking dustbin to record an important message, that love truly came to town." - p 16 [re: Princess Leia] ↗

— Simon Pegg

#pastries #princess-leia #star-wars #love

Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#karma #parenthood #wrath #love

motif, n. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you. ↗

— David Levithan

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Love is like mud. Only as strong as the shape you give it. Love is like paint. It can color over all the empty places. If you drop it, Love will break you. ↗

— Rachel Keener

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Tonight - I am alone in the night, a homeless and sleepless nun! Tonight I hold all the keys to this the only capital city and lack of sleep guides me on my path. You are so lovely, my dusky Kremlin! Tonight I put my lips to the breast of the whole round and warring earth. Now I feel hair - like fur - standing on end: the stifling winds blow straight into my soul. Tonight I feel compassion for everyone, those who are pitied, along with those who are kissed. ↗

— Marina Tsvetaeva

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But why all these questions? Because I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering. Don't be afraid, the only way to avoid that suffering would be to refuse to love. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#pain #suffering #love

This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#king-arthur #knights #love #magic #merlin

Lastly, say to me, if you can, with feelings as tender as mine for you: my dear Beelzebub, I adore you... ↗

— Jacques Cazotte

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عندما رأيت نور لأول مرة، لم يحدث لى أى شىء. لا تدَع الأفلام والأغانى والروايات تخدعك، وتوهمك بأن صواعق ستحلّ عليك حين ترى محبوبتك لأول مرة، وأن النور سينبلج من الظلمة ويغشاك توهُج يجعل خلاياك تحترق . فى معظم الأحيان، ربما فى كل الأحيان، لن يحدث لك شىء من هذا حين ترى لأول مرة المرأة التى ستصبح حبيبتك رواية باب الخروج ↗

— عز الدين شكرى فشير

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