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And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him." 1 John 4:16 ↗

— Anonymous

#god #love #love

The greatest treasure of all the things in the world is to love and to be loved ↗

— Sam Christer

#love

Placing one last kiss over her heart, he lifted his head to find her staring at him with The Look—the one that told a guy when a woman was leaving Let’s Screw For Fun City and headed straight for Let’s Pick Out China Town—written all over her pretty face. ↗

— Gina L. Maxwell

#gina-l-maxwell #seducing-cinderella #love

And always embrace things, people earth sky stars, as I do, freely and with the appropriate sense of space. ↗

— Frank O'Hara

#people #society #love

If you want to know if a gentleman loves you,” her mother said, “there is only one true way to be sure.” “It’s in his kiss,” her mother whispered. “It’s all there, in his kiss. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#gareth-st-clair #hyacinth-bridgerton #it-s-in-his-kiss #julia-quinn #love

Her father’s shadow looked sadly down at her. “You can never forget what you do in a war, September my love. No one can. You won’t forget your war either. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#war #love

Katherine often teases me that I'm missing a need-a-boyfriend gene, but the truth is I just haven't met anyone who well, whom I'm attracted to, even though part of me long for those trembling knees, heart in my mouth, butterflies in my belly, sleepless nights. Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high. ↗

— E.L. James

#love

Can I be blamed for wanting a real body, to put my arms around? Without it I too am disembodied. I can listen to my own heartbeat against the bedsprings...but there’s something dead about it, something deserted. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#arms #body #dead #desire #fantasy

Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms and I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a little bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, don't you think? If you don't take me, I'll end up going somewhere else. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#norwegian-wood #love

I love bright red drinks, don’t you? They taste twice as good as any other color. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#red #love