#unrequited

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#faithful #fell #first #himself #love

Self-love seems so often unrequited. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#seems #self-love #unrequited

It was September, and there was a crackly feeling to the air. I was saying something that was making her laugh, and I couldn't stop looking at her. It was a little bit chilly, and her cheeks were pink, and her dark hair was flowing around her face. All I wanted for the rest of my life was to keep making her laugh like that. Sometimes our arms brushed against each other as we walked, and it was like I could feel the touch for minutes after it happened. ↗

— Carolyn Parkhurst

#crush #laughter #love #unrequited-love #woman

I watched you try on suits in Hugo Boss.‘For the big job,’ you said. And I laughed, because I knew I would never see it. I’d never get up and watch you put it on and walk out of the door. I would never be the one that you came home to. ↗

— Kate Chisman

#affairs #betrayal #betrayals #heartbreak #heartbreaking

At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now ! I am just in the same position as you were when you went to him with your bundle. In a worse position than you, Nastenka,because he cared for no one else as you do. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#love

When you're cold and unloving, he'll walk through a fire to earn your love, but the second you give your love to him, he'll drag you by your hair, and throw you into the fire. Never show your vulneralbility, instead embody the Seductress. ↗

— Euphoria Godsent

#heart-broken #love #love-hurts #lovesick #seductress

Granted, I'd waited a long time to hear those words. Would've sold a kidney-maybe two-to have heard them at one point. Now, though...they didn't have the same impact. They were, in fact, an overcooked noodle in the pasta salad of love. ↗

— Kristan Higgins

#unrequited-love #love

And so she shuddered away from the threat of his enduring love. What did he mean? Had she not the power to daunt him? She would see. It was more daring than became a man to threaten her. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#love

Which is when I decided I would never love anyone again because you just felt like an idiot when you put love out there and it didn't come back your way. ↗

— Karen Tayleur

#idiot #love #unrequited-love #love

Winter is much like unrequited love; cold and merciless. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#love #relationships #romance #seasons #unrequited-love