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Sometimes the emptiness in a room becomes palpable as if you could reach out and touch it real, hear its silence, feel its black nothingness. It invades your spirit, your soul like a stealthy misperception; a liquid lie that whispers and will not die, and makes you fight to stay alive. ↗

— Gloria Smith

#lonely #love #pain #love

I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony. [Elizabeth] ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

A man has only one escape from his old self — to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#love #love

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life. ↗

— Gelett Burgess

#interest #life #nonsense #requires #serious

I never lie ― I am a blatantly truthful person about almost everything. My addiction (or disease as some call it) always lies. I have had very good relationships, but the addict in me always fucked them up. I fall in love quickly, it's a high that rivals drugs for a while. I am monogamous, but I always cheated with depression before the relationship fell apart. Addicts need best friends, healthy people need healthy relationships. ↗

— Emma Forrest

#depression #relationships #love

Do you ever think that people who find it tougher to say what they're feeling are the ones who feel things more intensely? As if they're the ones who really understand what it means to love someone? As if they have to keep their defenses high, because they care too much and have too much to lose? ↗

— Claire Cross

#expression #feelings #love

It is a curiosity to me that society will, without compunction, readily place restrictions on whom a person may love but will turn a blind eye when it comes to whom a person may hate. ↗

— Lisa Horan

#love #prejudice #love

You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes. ↗

— Gary Shteyngart

#sad #love

Love is more than just a pretty face with a nice personality. ↗

— Rebecca A. Rogers

#nice #personality #pretty-face #love

If you love yourself the most at your happiest moments, there is no reason not to be fond of who you are in the dark. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#happiness #love #perspective #self-awareness #love