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I think we should stop treating ["God works in mysterious ways"] as any kind of wisdom and recognize it as the transparently defensive propaganda that it is. A positive response might be, "Oh good! I love a mystery. Let's see if we can solve this one, too. Do you have any ideas? ↗

— Daniel C. Dennett

#philosophy #theology #love

I love you Denver Beck," she whispered. "I have for a long time." Then she stepped back. "Now it's your turn to decide if you love me. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#love #riley-blackthorne #love

Being present here and now is the highest compliment you can pay to a woman in your life. ↗

— Lada Ray

#life #love #relationships #love

Can you dance?" she asked before she could stop herself. "I can," he said, affronted. "I'm really good with the slow songs. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#love #prom #riley-blackthorne #love

n’t you see, Will? You’re a person like me. You are like me. You say the things I think but never say out loud. You read the books I read. You love the poetry I love. You make me laugh with your ridiculous songs and the way you see the truth of everything. I feel like you can look inside me and see all the places I am odd or unusual and fit your heart around them, for you are odd and unusual in just the same way.” With the hand that was not holding his, she touched his cheek, lightly. “We are the same. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#perfection #poetry #truth #love

During a moment of silence I close my eyes tight and let the birds take me. When I opened my eyes I saw her. ↗

— Jonathan Hull

#losing-julia #love-at-first-sight #love

You humble me, Nikki. Don't you see that? It must be clear from my expression that I do not, because he goes on. "If I do all those things for you--soothe you, center you, give you strength--then that is worth more to me than every penny I have earned building Stark International. ↗

— J. Kenner

#love #meaningful #strength #wealth #love

With that strange knowing that comes over me, like a clairvoyance, I know that I am sure of myself and my enormous and alarmingly timeless love for you; which will always be. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#love #plath #love

He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs; and when he was done, and he'd set the violin back in its box, Will's eyes were closed, but Tessa's were full of tears. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jem-carstairs #tessa-gray #will-herondale #love

The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it. ↗

— William Goldman

#authors #funny #high-expectations #narrative #princess-bride