#ture

To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#chivalry #dejan-stojanovic #life #literature #literature-quotes

Normality wasn't in the days I'd left behind me: it was only to be found in whatever fortune placed in my path each morning. ↗

— María Dueñas

#life-philosophy #normality #past-and-future #life

The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me? ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#love #nature #love

I am always in love. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#hemingway #love

It’s better to look at the sky than live there ↗

— Truman Capote

#love

Love is the only future God offers. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#god #love #love

They stared at each other, wanting each other, drawn to each other, but their silent shout of love went unheard in the roar of misunderstanding, and the clatter of culturally ingrained beliefs. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#love #love

I promise I'll never tell." "Don't promise that," he said in an ultraserious voice. "If they try to hurt you and the only way to protect yourself is to tell them what you know about me, then you tell them. Straight off, okay?" "No." "Promise me." "No!" "I will possess your heart." Heat flared along the back of my neck. "What did you say?" "My favorite song. 'I Will Possess Your Heart.'" "By Death Cab for Cutie?" He snorted. "No, the little known T.I. Hip-hop remix. Yes, Death Cab for Cutie." ... "Why? What's wrong with it?" "Nothing, but it doesn't seem to fit you. It's kind of a sad song." "No it's pure confident. It's not 'I want' or 'I need', none of that crap." He slipped his hand over mine. "It's 'I will.'" A nervous laugh bubbled up. "You will, huh?" His fingers brushed my cheek, then slid into my hair. "I will. ↗

— Jeri Smith-Ready

#hope #humor #love #romance #death

I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#nature

We've all got our own brand of crazy. ↗

— Meg Mitchell Moore

#nature