#love

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

"Touch your enemies’ heart with love. It will bloom flowers of gratitude and joy."

"To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed. 'Live, laugh, love, be nothing but happy, experience everything, et cetera et cetera.' How monotonous, how useless this becomes. What about the honors of Joan of Arc, Beauvoir, Stowe, Xena, Princess Leia, or women that would truly fight for something other than just their own emotions?"

"Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic."

"Love and honesty don’t mix."

"I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same."

"I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!"

"I know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like you’re completely spinning out of control, but you’re finding yourself — here, tonight… even in this darkness."

"Robert, I’m sorry that you feel so strange, but I’m not sorry that you’re feeling it because of me,” I whispered, my heart feeling a familiar twinge as I continued, “but even if you hadn’t felt it, it would not change the way I feel about you."

"If you love books enough, books will love you back."

"Spreading Yourself Too Thin We tend to bite off more than we can chewbecause we've got big mouths."

"and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart."

"Poetry Site vs. Social Networking Site [10w] Hello Poetry is whatever you want Hello Poetry to be."

"If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it."

"I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you."

"I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me."

"love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down...bring them low...and make them crawl..."

"Falling in love with humans is like walking into a pantry and realizing you're trapped in it without Whip Cream, and Cherries."

"When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain."

"Leaps of Faith [10w] Like religion, leaps of faith are behind all idealistic movements."