#rin

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. ↗

— Jane Austen

#does #having #less #love #nothing

Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. 'My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command? ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#faramir #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #tolkien #love

It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#love #lyrics #wanting #wondering #love

These two beings, who had loved each other so exclusively, and with so touching a love, and who had lived so long for each other, were now suffering beside one another and through one another; without speaking of it, without harsh feeling, and smiling all the while. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#jean-valjean #les-miserables #smiling #suffering #love

It is the bungled crime that brings remorse. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#principles #regret #remorse #love

Love is alcohol. ↗

— Katherine Applegate

#beach-blondes #drinking #katherine-applegate #love #summer

Retiring is getting ready to die. ↗

— Rodger Ward

#getting #ready #retiring

here’s a toast to Alan Turing born in harsher, darker times who thought outside the container and loved outside the lines and so the code-breaker was broken and we’re sorry yes now the s-word has been spoken the official conscience woken – very carefully scripted but at least it’s not encrypted – and the story does suggest a part 2 to the Turing Test: 1. can machines behave like humans? 2. can we? ↗

— Matt Harvey

#cs #gay #glbt #history #poetry

To a drinker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek; in the bottle, you find. ↗

— Caroline Knapp

#alcoholism #drinking #love

He made the world to be a grassy road Before her wandering feet. ↗

— W. B. Yeates

#the-rose-of-the-world #wandering #love