#vale

I shook my head at Janco. “I’ve got the situation under control. Go back to the Keep, I’ll meet you there.” Janco stared at me in astonished silence. Ari, though, trusted me. “Come on, she doesn’t need our help.” Ari sheathed his sword. Janco recovered. He flashed me one of his mischievous grins. “I’ll bet you a copper that she’ll be free in five minutes,” he said to Ari. Ari grunted in amusement. “A silver on ten minutes,” he countered. “I’ll bet you both a gold coin that she kills him,” Valek said from behind them. They moved aside and he entered, still dressed in his Adviser Ilom disguise. “The only way to take care of your problem. Right, love? ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#janco #valek #yelena #love

Love is not all you need. I need time… a lot of it. Love won’t help me forget. It was the reason why I’m like this. It was all the reason behind this pain I am feeling. Because. Of. Love. ↗

— Kristine Cuevas

#hate #love #novella #romance #short-story

I Love cherrys alot ↗

— Cherry Hill

#love

Instantly, the pair fell to groping one other as if each had puff the magic dragon at a rock concert in Woodstock. ↗

— Tai Odunsi

#love #mythology #valentines-day #love

Valentine!" "You mean father. I despise this modern habit of calling one's parents by their names." "What I want to call you is a hell of a lot more unprintable than your name." - Clary Fray and Valentine Morgenstern (City of Ashes) ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #valentine-morgenstern #parenting

It wouldn't be my move," Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#valentine #city

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#heart #reading #growth

What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure. ↗

— Lilith Saintcrow

#the-devil-s-right-hand #escape

In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know. ↗

— Marsilio Ficino

#doubt #hope #uncertainty #doubt

Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#valentinettti #poets