“This is not my escapism. This is my honesty. You are the shot of whisky that turns my throat from a body part to a cathedral. I am broken sparrow who flies back to your window because I heard you like my singing. You are land mines of potential. I am not afraid of the explosion.”— Ari Eastman, amazon.com
“In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“So what I’m trying to say is you should text me back. Because there’s a precedent. Because there’s an urgency. Because there’s a bedtime. Because when the world ends I might not have my phone charged and If you don’t respond soon, I won’t know if you’d wanna leave your shadow next to mine.”— Marina Keegan, amazon.com
“All I am saying is that when you really, really like someone, when you feel like they’re the only person you want to see at the end of a long day, when you’ve really gotten to know them and you feel like they’ve gotten to know you, ask them. When you’re no longer interested in pursuing other relatio…”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“I haven’t changed my mind. That’s the point! I want to spend my life with you even though it’s totally irrational. And you have short earlobes. Socially and genetically there’s no reason for me to be attracted to you. The only logical conclusion is that I must be in love with you.”— Graeme Simsion, amazon.com
“It is not so incomprehensible as you pretend, sweet pea. Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be light as the hug we give a friend or heavy as the sacrifices we make for our children. It can be romantic, platonic, familial, fleeting, everlasting,…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“You will break someone’s heart if you fall in love with someone’s potential and then blame them for not living up to it. You will break someone’s heart if you fall in love with the changed version of them you have in your head, instead of the version they are, right now, in this moment.”— Jamie Varon, thoughtcatalog.com
“I was glad I wasn’t in love, that I wasn’t happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“It’s always going to be you, even when I’m busy pretending to love somebody else.”— Laura Jane Williams, thoughtcatalog.com
“So please, if you are the kind of person who is honest with the people you love without thinking of how hard the consequences may be on your heart, please don’t change that about yourself. Don’t allow your heart to be hardened into playing games just like everyone else. Don’t let the world fool you…”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com