#passion

I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love. ↗

— Anne Rice

#deciet #hate #interview-with-the-vampire #lestat #lie

I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion. ↗

— Voltaire

#passion #love

My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#passion #love

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. ↗

— Plato

#doglovers #kindness #love #love

Love is now, is always. All that is missing is the coup de grâce- which is called passion. ↗

— Clarice Lispector

#passion #love

We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#compassion #guns #love #non-violence #peace

I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carrying your image in my arms, I loved you madly. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#passion #love

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#compassion #humanity #love #love

Rahul did not realise the fluttering of the pigeons that so often disturbed everyone in the lab, by darting in and out of the ventilators. He did not realise the long, loud bell that went off, signalling the end of the last lecture, nor did she! They were living in the same moment, the same time, the same feeling, the same thought. Everything had slowed down to that moment. It was as if everything had stopped and all that existed were two people bound to each other by a string of feelings, two young people finally realising what life really meant and what they were supposed to do – love as one! ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#passion #romance #life

Her pleasure went on and on, and so did Ben's. Ben could almost smell the gardenia, could almost see her pinning it on, her hands all thumbs. "You're selling your store?" she said. There was radiance between them now. There were overtones and undertones to everything they said. The talk itself was formal, lifeless. --"Money Talks ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#love #passion #radiance #love