#m

She smiled radiantly at the shield, pretending it was Dageus. The three simple words just didn't seem like enough. Love was so much larger than words. "I love you, I love you, I love you. I love you more than chocolate. I love you more than the whole world is big." She paused, thinking, searching for a way to explain what she felt. "I love you more than artifacts. I love you so much it makes my toes curl just thinking about it." Pushing her hair back from her face, she donned her most sincere expression. "I love you." "You can have the confounded shield if you love it that much, lass," Dageus said, sounding utterly bewildered. Chloe felt all the blood drain from her face. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#dageus #karen-marie-moning #the-dark-highlander #love

There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent. True or false. ↗

— Lawrence Krauser

#stalking #unrequited-love #love

Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn't matter what. Then you don't have to worry about empty compliments. You don't worry about what other people think. You have self-respect. ↗

— Albert Borris

#respect

You want a happy romantic relationship? Don’t ruin it by getting married. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#romantic

The last thing she'd wanted was anything as complicated as a relationship, for it felt as though there we're though complication in her life already. ↗

— Nicholas. Sparks

#love #relationship #relationships #life

Some in Westminster have talked about her receiving a state funeral when she dies, which seems a bizarre sort of tribute to someone who believed the state should do as little as possible. It would be far more appropriate to allow competitive bids from private companies to run the funeral arrangements. 'And we now go over live to Westminster, where state leaders are lining up for Lady Thatcher's funeral sponsored by McDonald's. And there we see the coffin respectfully borne on the shoulders of six part-time burger-flippers dressed in the official Ronald McDonald costume, before the private cremation when the body will be flame-grilled with gherkins and a slice of cheese.' It's what she would have wanted. ↗

— John O'Farrell

#history #margaret-thatcher #respect

Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

He shrugged. "I was...thinking." "About what?" "The fires of purgatory." She had to sit down. He wasn't making any sense now. "What does that mean?" she asked. "Patrick told me he would walk through the fires of purgatory if he had to in order to please his wife." She went over to the bed and sat down on the side. "And?" she prodded when he didn't continue. He stripped out of his clothing and walked over to her. He pulled her to her feet and stared down to her. "And I have only just realized I would do the same for you. ↗

— Julie Garwood

#love #the-secret #love

Hanajima: To truly love someone is to always put thier feelings before your own...No matter what. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#hanajima #love

You can't be together, which is exactly why you want to be. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#romance #love