#mar

The whispers of shared ecstasy are choral. ↗

— George Steiner

#ecstasy #whisper #grammar

You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).' Emma Darwin to husband Charles ↗

— Deborah Heiligman

#marriage #tenderness #way-to-be #faith

Mary thus learns that the Most High has ever borne a Son in his bosom, and that this Son has now chosen her bosom as dwelling-place. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#catholicism #christ #christianity #god #incarnation

This world operates on cause and effect. If you give, you get back. If you steal, you get stolen from. If you cheat and try to profit without working for it, someday you'll get in trouble. ↗

— Maria - Lovesick

#manga

We're translating the Kama Sutra," Barrons said, with interactive aids. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#jericho-barrons #karen-marie-moning

Assume' makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#cliché #karen-marie-moning

Even I don't know what you're doing, and I know everything. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#karen-marie-moning

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#civilized #civilized society #disintegration #hostility #men

It's the same thing with faith, by the way." We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the time, or having to follow all the rules. We don't want to commit to God. We'll take Him when we need Him, or when things are going good. But real commitment? That requires staying power‎-‎-‎-in faith and in marriage." And if you don't commit? I asked. "Your choice. But you miss what's on the other side." What's on the other side? "Ah." He smiled, "A happiness you cannot find alone. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#god #happiness #marriage #mitch-albom #religion

The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward. ↗

— Shana Alexander

#fall #first #grope #love #mark