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They never looked at anyone else, only at each other, with an expression that halted me. It was tender, loving, yes, but in an inhuman way, so intense. Divine, I felt. Or insane. ↗

— Anita Desai

#studies-in-the-park #love

It was as if we'd pressed ourselves together until his bones passed through mine and we were the same person, ever so briefly. ↗

— Paula McLain

#the-paris-wife #love

Good Christian liturgy is friendship in action, love taking thought, the covenant relationship between God and his people not simply discovered and celebrated like the sudden meeting of friends, exciting and worthwhile though that is, but thought through and relished, planned and prepared -- an ultimately better way for the relationship to grow and at the same time a way of demonstrating what the relationship is all about. ↗

— N.T. Wright

#worship #friendship

It is not easy to grow old in this business, when you are a woman above all, in the cinema. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#business #cinema #easy #grow #old

Love means never having to shave your back. ↗

— Devan Sipher

#love #the-wedding-beat #weddings #love

Which eternity can be bigger or smaller? But which reality can be an eternity in your mind? ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#love #wisdom-quote #love

«No podría ser feliz con un hombre cuyo gusto no coincidiera en todo momento con el mío. Tendría que participar en todos mis sentimientos. Los mismos libros, la misma música habría de hechizarnos a los dos. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love #novel #love

A blanket could be used to show love, by providing warmth, comfort, and an itchiness of desire that cannot be satisfied by a single scratch. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

And you don’t even need to say anything. I’m screwed up. I don’t know how any of this works anymore than you do. But I do believe you’re worth every second it would take to figure it out,” Mason said, a smile taking over his features. ↗

— Holly Hood

#love #philosophy #romances #sweet-talk #love

Then I'm a paunchy guy in a room, with a note pinned to his sleeve: "You were alone in the world," it says, "and did a kindness for someone in need. Good for you. Now post this module, and follow this map to the home of Mrs. Ken Schwartz. Care for her with some big money that will come in the mail. Find someone to love. Your heart has never been broken. You've never done anything unforgivable or hurt anyone beyond reparation. Everyone you've ever loved you've treated like gold. ↗

— George Saunders

#offloading-for-mrs-schwartz #home