And when we wrote this story, how did it end? It was you and me for all our lives. Go on, don't say it, we'll try again and if I just hold you we could last. And if you go, I won't believe that it's forever, and you can go, I'll never leave, 'cause it's not over. I'll wait for you, but there's nothing now I can do.
i didn't "fall" in love with you, that would be accidental... Instead, I knew what I was doing, I knew the risk I was taking... You see, I jumped into love, head on. And don't regret one minute.
First thought when I wake up is 'My God, he's beautiful'
so I put on my makeup and pray for a miracle
(Taylor Swift, I'd Lie)
"I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced." --'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad
Like a wand, everyone's Love is different, it feels a little different and has different cores and amounts of power.
"you may not be the brightest crayon in the box, but you sure are a pretty color."
stranger in a strange land by robert heinlein
My bounty is as deep as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
-- William Shakespeare
You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn’t true. I know a lot about love. I’ve seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate… It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves… You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and… What I’m trying to say, Tristan is… I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I’d know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it’s trying to escape because it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I’d wish for nothing in exchange – no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.
a life without love is like a year without summer.
"People keep telling me that I fall in love too easily- that I should protect my heart, that I shouldn’t wear my heart on my sleeve…I fall in love at least 20 times a day. I fall in love with the sky and the sun and the flowers and my children. I fall in love with smiles, with music on the radio and with french fries and Dr. Pepper. I fall in love with the sound of laughter, blue jeans, accents… Sometimes I fall in love with complete strangers, especially the ones holding hands and kissing in public. The ones who aren’t afraid to be in love with the idea of being in love either….I don’t mind the pain of unrequited love so much, because I think they’re wrong. Love looks good on me."
-Natalie Anne Erlanson
She stood, in a room of crumbling plaster, pressed to the window-pane, looking up at the unattainable form of everything she loved. She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected.
- Ayn Rand
