#worthy

I wonder if it's possible for people to fall in love with a person one characteristic at a time, or if you fall for the entire person at once. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#love

Isn’t it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn’t. I did it so I’d have a reason to be around you — one I knew you couldn’t refuse. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#swoon-worthy #sydney-sage #adrian-ivashkov

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Washington Allston

#himself #man #only #wise #wise man

Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#christ #come #heart #make #moment

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#critic #entailed #generalized #him #impossible

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#because #books #buy #could #dissatisfied

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#america #bosom #country #german #heart

Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#holy #love #worthy #love

You don’t know?” he whispered harshly. “You truly don’t know that you mean everything to me?” Hardly daring to believe her ears, Mia pushed at his chest to put a little distance between them so she could look up at his face. “I do?” “Of course, you do.” His gaze burned into her with an intensity she had never seen before. “How could you doubt it?” “Are . . . are you saying you love me?” she asked tremulously, afraid to even voice such a possibility. What if he said no? What if she’d misunderstood him, and he would now laugh at her silliness? Her chest tightened in anxious anticipation. “Mia, I love you more than life itself,” he said, his voice rough with emotion. “If anything happened to you . . . If you were gone, I would not want to go on living. Do you understand me? ↗

— Anna Zaires

#life

If I could bronze my love, it’d be worthy of a silver medal.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#funny #humor #love #medal #silver-medal