#co

Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself? ↗

— Ally Condie

#matched #love

I know my heart will never be the same But I'm telling myself I'll be okay ↗

— Sara Evans

#couples #heartbreak #love #relationships #love

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#compassion #generosity #gratitude #service #love

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#happiness #self-control #love

If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me? ↗

— John Green

#colin-singleton #john-green #love

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#heroism #love

We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private." "A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder." "A reminder of w-w-what?" "That you were mine. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#couples #kiss #love #relationships #romance

I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, 'If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then we'll talk.' All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You can carry it in your pocket. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#computers #internet #reading #love

This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#love #love

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#brotherly-love #charity #compassion #love