#valentine

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ↗

— Erich Segal

#banners #bells #checked #comes #ears

Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way. ↗

— Aberjhani

#intimacy #love #spirituality #valentine-s-day #love

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#because #fifty-two #had #important #love

I love romance. I'm a sucker for it. I love it so much. It's pathetic. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#i #i love #love #much #pathetic

What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holiday of love, but in the height of flu season, it makes no sense. ↗

— Lewis Black

#day #disturbing #find #flu #get

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. ↗

— Lord Byron

#fear #find #love #paths #prey

Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended. ↗

— Cher

#fires #go #husbands #left #like

The Angel blade burns you, just as God's name chokes you," said Valentine, his cool voice sharp as crystal. "They say that those who die upon its point will achieve the gates of heaven. In which case, revenant, I am doing you a favor." He lowered the blade so that the tip touched Simon's throat. Valentine's eyes were the color of black water and there was nothing in them: no anger, no compassion, not even any hate. They were empty as a hollowed-out grave. "Any last words?" Simon knew what he was supposed to say. Sh'ma Yisrael, adonai elohanu, adonai echod. Hear, oh Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. He tried to speak the words, but a searing pain burned his throat. "Clary," he whispered instead. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#last-words #simon-lewis #valentine-morgenstern #anger

As Luke knelt down beside his corpse, Clary couldn’t help but remember what he had said about having loved Valentine once, about having been his closest friend. Luke, she thought with a pang. Surely he couldn’t be sad — or even grieved? But then again, perhaps everyone should have someone to grieve for them, and there was no one else to grieve for Valentine. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-glass #death #grief #luke-garroway #the-mortal-instruments

Love is the only answer to every question. It is the only thing that will serve you in every situation. It is the route and the destination. It is medication, liberation and should be at the heart of and expression of your vocation. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#answers #destination #emancipation #life-lessons #love