#truth

A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn’t fit, you can’t exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags… ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#love

I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#good #lies #love #mrs-coulter #truth

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#truth #wisdom #love

If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#jodi-picoult #loss #love #memory #plain-truth

I cannot love a man who cannot protect me. ↗

— Anne Brontë

#love

I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love. ↗

— Anne Rice

#deciet #hate #interview-with-the-vampire #lestat #lie

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

Why is this so hard?” I whispered. His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. “Everything worth fighting for is hard. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#hard #jace-hammond #love #truth #love

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#missing-someone #truth #worst-thing #love

That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#first-love #heart #love #same-person #truth