#lovers

Killing animals to make a fashion statement = a sickening + cold-blooded vanity. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#animal #animals #cruelties #cruelty #fashion

she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but his ardour was all the more evident for the reins with which he restrained it, the mask of steel behind which he imprisoned it, his detached demeanour and deliberate gestures that, far from parading a lack of interest, displayed the strength of his self-discipline, that he could so tightly curb the intensity of his passion. ↗

— Cecilia Dart-Thornton

#lovers #love

I am but a firefly caught in his jar and when he looks at me, I can’t help but glow. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#lightning-bugs #love #love-story #lovers #summer

I was completely and irrevocably in lust; which tends to make a person impassive to others’ pain. Love makes us compassionate. Lust makes us deaf to all but the lover. ↗

— Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

#lust #love

All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever. ↗

— A.E. Housman

#lovers #sweetheart #untrue #love

And may my bronze name / touch always her thousand fingers / grow brighter with her weeping / until I am fixed like a galaxy / and memorized / in her secret and fragile skies. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#lovers #stars #love

You’ve always got me” “Always?” “Didn’t I just say so?” “Yes” “Am I liar? “ “No.” I lied. ↗

— Clive Barker

#love #lovers #love

one transcendent kiss that later makes lovers take soft breaths, holding hands ↗

— Lori L. Otto

#lovers #romance #love

I don't know, it's stupid being 20," she said. "I'm just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody's pushing me from behind. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#love-story #lovers #love

I worry about anything happening to you ... because I truly love you, every bit of you. ↗

— Ryan Hunter

#love-story #lovers #love