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As our bodies are mostly made of water, I’d rather be hungry than thirsty. And as love is mostly made up of sugar water, I’d rather be a hummingbird caged in your heart. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#hummingbird #hunger #hungry #love #thirst

The beggarly question of parentage--what is it, after all? What does it matter, when you come to think of it, whether a child is yours by blood or not? All the little ones of our time are collectively the children of us adults of the time, and entitled to our general care. That excessive regard of parents for their own children, and their dislike of other people's, is, like class-feeling, patriotism, save-your-own-soul-ism, and other virtues, a mean exclusiveness at bottom. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#parental-love #love

وسفينتي تغضُّ الطرف عن موانئها إلاكَ .. منكَ أبحرَتْ وإليك تعود ↗

— ياسر حارب

#love

Januz feels glad to have her in his arms--his wife, who would do anything to protect their son. This is how she presents herself. Like a soldier who would kill for her country. And her country is their son. ↗

— Amanda Hodgkinson

#loyalty #war #love

Danny couldn't help it, he laughed as he shook his head. "You bit the apple." "I bit the apple," Paul agreed. His eyes glimmered bright blue as tears welled up in them and he gave Danny a soft smile. ↗

— Kele Moon

#gay-romance #happily-ever-after #love #love

If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66) ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love

Love is a state of being, and in that state, the 'me', with its identifications, anxieties, and possessions is absent. Love cannot be, as long as the activities of the self, of the 'me', whether conscious or unconscious, continue to exist. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#love

God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept. ↗

— Francis Chan

#love

I kissed him once," she whispered. "Well done. What did he do?" "Um..." Deryn sighed. "He woke up. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#love #scott #westerfeld #love

I am in love with you, Magdalene. What I feel for you is timeless. And when I die, when this body releases me, I will find you and I will be your eternal protector. ↗

— Laury Falter

#magdalene #love