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Your lips are like sugar And your cheeks an apple Your breasts are paradise And your body a lily. O, to kiss the sugar To bite the apple To reveal paradise And open the lily. ↗

— Louis de Bernières

#love #philothei #love

We are all worthy of one another. ↗

— Edward P. Jones

#worthiness #love

I am the mother that bore you, and your sorrow is my agony; and if you don't hate her, i do' Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#love #mother-s-love #love

I love you,” she whispered. He stroked his hand down her back. “Yep, you do.” “You’re supposed to say it back,” she said, pretending to be offended because the silliness kept the fear/hope at bay. “Why?” He scowled down at her. “You know you’re my heartbeat. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#love

In his youth, he was electrified. The stars were moving in his bloodstream. He would not have been cowed by the customs of an earthly monarch. When he loved, it was with a heat and a desperation that he carried like a sword. He loved in the way that Greeks burned cities. ↗

— Brenna Yovanoff

#devil #greeks #heroic #love #passion

He looks like an angel, sings like an angel. He found my breaking heart and coaxed it into a new rhythm. ↗

— Angela Morrison

#heartbreak #love #rhythm #love

If love is great, then it is worth fighting for.” “What if it is immoral somehow? Forbidden?” “Forbidden? But my father’s love for my mother was forbidden, or at least against the law. Or do mean if she is married, or a vampire?” “Or a married vampire.” “Well, nevertheless,” Will said, with a grin. “One should fight on. Love conquers all.” Will and Jem ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #love

Murphy's law inverted: What can go right, will go right. ↗

— Saloma Miller Furlong

#coming-of-age #escape-from-the-amish #inspirational #memoir #age

Jesus may love you, but i'm his favourite ↗

— Darynda Jones

#love

I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling. ↗

— Banana Yoshimoto

#rhythms #love