#sen

We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations. ↗

— Brother Lawrence

#god #practicing-the-presence-of-god #faith

I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ↗

— James Baldwin

#patriotism #protest #love

As for me, I was just trying to get it right, whatever that means. But now I finally felt I was on my way. Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with Wes, in a kiss that took my breath away, then gave it back - leaving meastounded, amazed and most of all, alive. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#love-kiss #sarah-dessen #the-truth-about-forever #life

Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great. ↗

— Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

#long-distance-love #longing #love #separation #love

Maybe I’m just farsighted. The further away something is, the better I can see it but once it gets close, I lose sight of it. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#farsighted #love #love

That love which does not build a foundation on good sense is doomed. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#love

I take my time because I love how it feels to carry her, the way she needs me, the way I need to protect her. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#kayden-and-callie #need #protect #love

David was catnip and kryptonite to me ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

As Rilke observed, love requires a progressive shortening of the senses: I can see you for miles; I can hear you for blocks, I can smell you, maybe, for a few feet, but I can only touch on contact, taste as I devour ↗

— William H. Gass

#senses #love