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What you can't do is leave me!" He was thrown back. There were still six crewmen standing against him. That wasn't deterring him in the least, however, which only infuriated her the more. The fool man was going to get tossed in the river yet. She might do it herself. She was, after all, fed up with being told what she could or couldn't do. "And why can't I leave you?" "Because I love you!" He hadn't even paused in throwing another punch to shout that. Georgina, however, went very still, and breathless, and nearly sat down on the deck, her knees had gone so weak with the incredible emotion that welled up inside her. ↗

— Johanna Lindsey

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Maukah kamu membuka hatimu dan belajar untuk menyukaiku? ↗

— Irin Sintriana

#quote #love

Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it? ↗

— C. Terry Warner

#motivation #self-esteem #love

What happend to her? To Miranda?' Ulysses shrugged. 'What happens to most children. She got sick, and never got better.' 'And your wife?' 'The same.' 'But you said you were married,' said Will, glancing down at Ulysses's ring, smooth and lustrous in the half-light. 'I'll always be married. But it'll be the next world when I see her again. ↗

— Cameron Stracher

#true-love #love

Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. It will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society, and leaving the company of creatures of its own society to be with you. ↗

— Théophile Gautier

#companionship #love

He took it out like a sprinter, and brought it home like a distance swimmer. ↗

— Jennifer Lane

#swimming #ya #young-love #love

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe. ↗

— Joni Eareckson Tada

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The human heart must be a strong and resilient thing, Daphne decided when she awoke the following morning. She was surprised to find that she was no longer in the throes of wrenching heartbreak and pain. Instead, in a strange way, she felt as if she had been reborn. ↗

— Laura Lee Guhrke

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You've got to stop thinking everyone's problems can be solved by falling in love. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#ingrid-beauchamp #melissa-de-la-cruz #witches-of-east-end #love

Tenía un pie en la ilusión obligada y otro en la realidad secreta ↗

— Isabel Allende

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