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I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead.
How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?
I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.
Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands.
The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
I love you more than I think I should.
Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.
But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you.
Right now, I had everything I could ask for. It wasn't a long list, but it was a very satisfying one, starting with the love of my life back in my arms.
Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.
I needed him like I'd never needed anyone.
I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.
One more secret smile. One more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for.
I would lay down everything I possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn't love, it's the best I have.
Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?
I loved you long before you loved me. It's the only thing I have you beat at, and I'll bring it up every chance I get.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you...Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference