#pa

He’d stared into her eyes, dark with confusion and unwilling passion, and for one stark, horrible instant, he’d wished to be that different man. He’d wished to be worthy of her. ↗

— Anna Campbell

#passion #romance #romantic #love

You don't understand,' she said, and there was a puzzling trace of resentment in her voice. 'Children never do. The love a parent has for a child, there's nothing else like it. No other love so consuming. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love

If loving you is the worst mistake that I've done, just let it be the only one mistake that I've done. I promise, I wouldn't do any more mistake. I promise it would be the one-and only mistake that I've done ↗

— Ruth Margareta

#pain #love

Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just -- and God is with us. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#pacifism #serenity #love

I had no right to want you — but I reached out and took you anyway. And now look what’s become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire." (Edward Cullen, Eclipse)~Stephenie Meyer ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#love #sparkly #love

Do you really want to put yourself through this? Is loving me really enough to endure everything you have to just to be with me?" Meeting his fiery gaze, I ran my fingers through his hair, kissed him gently before I attempted to set us both free. "It will always be enough. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#fantasy-romance #paranormal-romance #love

The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more - this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or a sanguine stance toward life: It is a fierce longing for God, an unyielding resolve to live in and out of our belovedness. - pg. 152 ↗

— Brennan Manning

#life #passion #life

Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. “For me?” “Always for you. All things for you. He coughed into his fist “All your own. ↗

— Kresley Cole

#paranormal #romance #romantic #love

The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry lifetime after lifetime. ↗

— Alex Collier

#love #past-lives #love

Ah. I smiled. I'm not really here to keep you from freaking out. I'm here to be with you while you freak out, or grieve or laugh or suffer or sing. It is a ministry of presence. It is showing up with a loving heart. ↗

— Kate Braestrup

#ministry #love