#love

"Someone asked me about the difference between love and lust. Hmmm. That will take a little thought. How to tell the difference? Well, for guys, if she looks better AFTER you've made love to her than before, that might be love. If you find yourself itching to get out the door afterward, probably just lust, y'know?"

"Writer's Prayers That Don't Work "Lord, lead me from the banality of everyday life,to the gleaming one beneath the surface."

"I can’t define what love is. That’s like eating a pancake with a waffle instead of a fork. But you know it when you feel it, like petting a cat wearing a synthetic fur coat."

"Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens; it’s a given of life. Harm is inflicted; it’s a choice some people make."

"It’s easier to hide your smoking habit on a foggy day. Let that be a lesson for you and your secret lover."

"Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering."

"This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love."

"Ok. You fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me a sensitive side, then you turn into a total asshole. Is this a pretty accurate description of our relationship."

"I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love."

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection"

"What we most love is not what we know, but what knows us and draws us. . . . (78)"

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely."

"This thing about you that you think is your flaw - it's the reason I'm falling in love with you."

"Love is a Gamble [10w] Love's a gamble ~ better lose than never spin the wheel."

"In this world, people actually don't live a life for themselves but usually live a life for someone they love."

"I have loved to the point of madness; that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love."

"If you cannot love me, I will die. Before you came I wanted to die, I have told you many times. It is cruel to have made me want to live only to make my death more bloody."

"The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope."

"This time the fluttery feeling in my stomach was more intense. It made the inside of my thighs tingle and my breathing deepen."

"What One Vulture Said to the Other I have a bone to pick with you ~which end shall we start on?"