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But when I met you, I saw your light and I loved you at once. And I thought that at this stage in my life, I had nothing to lose by being honest with the woman I wanted to have by my side. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#love

So anyone who thinks that he has understood the divine scriptures or any part of them, but cannot by his understanding build up this double love of God and neighbor, has not yet succeeded in understanding them. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#scripture #love

When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops. ↗

— Jo Treggiari

#fierce-ink-press #memoir #love

I remember I’ve never shared tears with someone that longed for (me) and loved me; I didn’t know how to be compassionate.” (The truth, the lies & the love, p. 76) ↗

— Chimnese Davids

#hurt #life #lost #remembrance-of-things-past #love

Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” - Victor Bramwell, Earl of Rycliff. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#lovely #manly #sweet #love

The citadel of Jones was now taken by surprise. All those considerations of honour and prudence which our heroe had lately with so much military wisdom placed as guards over the avenues of his heart, ran away from their posts, and the god of love marched in, in triumph. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#love

Sorvia o ar, farejando-lhe o almíscar virginal. E fazia de conta que não a procurava, escusando-se com fingida surpresa: - Pensei que fosse ... E, assim, confundiu-a, de cada vez, com todos os seres animados e inanimados do Marzagão, inclusive, distraidamente, com ela mesma: - Pensei que fosse você... ↗

— José Americo de Almeida

#love

You are the grace of my life So tender, so undeserved Hard to believe you're my wife Even harder to put what I feel into words If I need evidence God is good Just looking at you is enough You are the grace of my life For you grace my life with your love ↗

— Brian Littrell

#love #love

What I know of love is satisfaction, Contentment, pleasure, and vivaciousness. But all my envisions were all fictions. 'Cause there's no such thing as pure happiness. ↗

— Eli Emmanuel N. Libuit

#love

She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it. ↗

— Alasdair Gray

#wickedness #love