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I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known. ↗

— Rumi

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I love you. You are my heart beating outside of my chest. ↗

— J.R. Ward

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elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen. ↗

— David Levithan

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For those special moments you never want to forget. When it comes to you, all I need is a pencil Ethan ↗

— P.T. Michelle

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To love her was to taste sweet surrender. For had she not entered his life, he would have sought the wonders of both Heaven and Earth. But she surpassed them all and, by her pleasing nature, stayed him. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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Loving isn't about selecting only the good parts. It's about taking the whole and loving the lot. ↗

— Santa Montefiore

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I have never wanted a lover. In order to have a lover, I must go back to the root of the word. For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be loved. ↗

— David Levithan

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You’ll do,” Hemarchidas thought. “Isn’t this what we always end up with? What we truly want is unreachable, so we’ll make do with what is at hand. I know for you it’s different. I know for you it’s really me you want. You won’t regret it. I’ll love you for that, and for who you are. There is still a little part of me that wishes things could have been different. I’ll never let you know, feel, or even suspect that, though. I’ll make sure at least one of us gets what he truly wants.” He noticed Arranulf was studying his face. He gave him a reassuring smile and a light peck on the lips. “It’ll be all right, and I too will be all right. ↗

— Andrew Ashling

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All I ever wanted, nira I expected: Nonette, upon whom my life pivots. The name I give my fire when I lay down, defenseless before its majestic awfulness. A little no, a little negation. A French girly pout, the syllables for which have been found at last. All my hurt dug up, exposed for dissection in the glaring light, and finally melted away by the loving caresses of her yielding thighs. And the girl who took such simple job in this terrible duty. Nonette. ↗

— Julian Darius

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