#v

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude. ↗

— Simone Weil

#love #suffering #equality

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#equals #everything #love #minus #nothing

There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, quite frankly, are hard to find. But it's the serious ones I'm interested in, and it takes time to find a guy like that whom I'm equally interested in. I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term? ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#equality

...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#equality

When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#joy #love #pain #friendship

Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#life #nowhere #open-heart #status #truth

If a coin comes down heads, that means that the possibility of its coming down tails has collapsed. Until that moment the two possibilities were equal. But on another world, it does come down tails. And when that happens, the two worlds split apart. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#parallel-universe #possibility #equality

Just because I've gone and snagged myself a hot boyfriend doesn't mean I'm going to leave my bestfriend high and dry. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#friendship #nora #vee-sky #friendship

No matter whether you’re a gay or a mixed race couple; when you’re drawn together, ultimately it doesn’t matter what everybody thinks because it’s so honest, true, and sincere. How can that be wrong? ↗

— Tegan Quin

#gay #gay-marriage #lgbt #love #sara-quin

I don’t think you ever really fall out of love with someone. I think when you fall in love, like true love, it’s love for life. All the rest is just experience and delusions. ↗

— J.A. Redmerski

#experience