#passion

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#bad #being #compassion #discriminated #ever

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. ↗

— Zhuang Zi

#generous #great #impassioned #petty #small

Love is the only answer to every question ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#compassion #love #questions #love

It's all mine, it's all sacred. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#my-world #passion #private-life #writing-advice #writing-life

They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the “blaze of passion” often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything around them willed it, the trees and the clouds and the sky over their heads and the earth under their feet. Perhaps their surrounding world, the strangers they met in the street, the wide expanses they saw on their walks, the rooms in which they lived or met, took more delight in their love than they themselves did. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#passion #love

Because in some other universe, you are me, I am you, and we are perfectly happy together. Or perhaps not… and just like this… ↗

— Abhimanyu Jha

#passion #philosophy #remembrance #romance #love

I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed. ↗

— A.S. Byatt

#love

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bias #compassion #comprehension #discernment #fear

His eyes were twin flakes of ember floating into the night from a roaring inferno. “I won’t let anything happen to you. No matter what I have to do, I will keep you safe. ↗

— Airicka Phoenix

#dangerous-games #mystery-suspense #passionate-love #thriller #young-adult

One day, our love will conquer this dark circle. That's worth everything to me ↗

— Lauren Kate

#passion #love