#lover

But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#love #pain #the-imperfect-lover #love

They made love until Chris had to leave for the airport, without sleeping at all. After Chris had left, wearing wrinkled jeans and Xander’s sweat and seed on his skin, Xander flopped back onto the bed and looked miserably at the clock. ↗

— Amy Lane

#love

Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you're working. Tell them it's research. Tell them to pipe down and leave you alone. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#reading #writing #work

It is harder, usually, to find a person who wants to walk the streets of me, to taste the teas of my country, to... immigrate, you could say. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#love #lovers #relationships #love

no matter how hard your shell is on the out side you will aways find some one who loves you ↗

— Kelly Armstrong

#love

I want to wipe away her tears. I want to take the last ten years and erase them. ↗

— Heidi McLaughlin

#love

...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #lover #magician #poetry #priest

But you don't fuck me cold-heartedly,' she protested. 'I don't want to fuck you at all.' Lady Chatterly's Lover ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#erotica #fuck #lady-chatterly-s-lover #love #sex

And among many understandings and misunderstandings, Lany and Antony once again were victims of an illusory love... ↗

— Pet Torres

#love #love-story #lovers #love

Everyone likes to be loved; no one is prepared to love. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #lover #love