#or

We passed from laughter to terror which, like love and hate, are close relatives. ↗

— Lise Deharme

#laughter #love #terror #love

You're not alone, are you? Because I'm here ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#love #war-horse #love

I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course we were working with four other people, you have to balance that as well. ↗

— Chris Squire

#balance #best #came #course #four

The secret to getting ahead is getting started. ↗

— Mark Twain

#working #work

Because home is where your heart is. And one heart can work wonders when it's beating strongly. And the sweet fairy tales can become true ↗

— Georgia Kakalopoulou

#love

She smiled thoughtfully. “I think Jackson was like a lost puppy. He needed purpose, someone to believe in him and love him despite his bullshit. But he didn’t have that, so he just went around humping everyone’s leg and peeing everywhere. Then you came along and he thought he found that owner that would give him that purpose—something that would make him feel needed—but you chose the fancy pet store puppy instead, so he went back to peeing on everything and destroying all the furniture.” “Um, Whit...is there a point to this?” “We all need someone to believe in us. It helps us see our full potential. You were that someone to believe in him. I think he’ll be a new man because of it.” “So you’re saying I rescued a lost puppy, and now he’ll become a topnotch show dog because I’m just so amazing?” “Exactly.” “You have such an eloquent way with words.” “No shit, right?” “Precisely.” -Emma and Whitney ↗

— Rachael Wade

#encouragement #love #support #love

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#dislike #good-turns #injury #kindness #like

You still trying to save me, Mallory?" Ty asked quietly. Her heart was hammering so loud she couldn't hear herself talk. "I can't seem to help myself." "I don't need saving." No. No, he sure didn't. He was strong and capable, and more than able to take care of himself. "What do you need?" "You," he said simply. "Only you. ↗

— Jill Shalvis

#ty-garrison #love

God wasn't love, couldn't be love. Because for me, love was a corpse. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#god #love #love

She is not the princess locked away in the fortress and you are not some hero who's going to save her. ↗

— Heather Anastasiu

#blinded-by-euphoria #blinded-by-love #in-love #love #love