#devotion

How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion! ↗

— Susan Sontag

#pretense #self-love #selflessness #love

He will not take her.” Sabelle turned toward the booming declaration. Ice. His protective gaze was as tangible as a caress. She swallowed. “Of course not,” Duke assured. “Sabelle is too important to our cause.” Ice stormed around the table until he hovered beside her, mere inches away, his body heat pouring over her. “If there is a breath left in my body, he will not take her. ↗

— Shayla Black

#love

The heart-knot is full of the darkness of ignorance, and it is illusory. When this knot snaps and opens, consciousness, like the sky, surges undividedly, leading to a clear and enduring peace in which the Self shines forth in the Heart. Only the love for the Self that springs forth in the Heart is the true devotion that is full of auspiciousness. ↗

— Muruganar

#vedanta #love

I would die for you if you want, but if you really want me to die I won’t. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #love

A perfect love is not giving too much devotion and loyalty, but understanding little tiny things. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #loyalty #understanding #love

... your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me... ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#fury #love #madness #love

The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy's jaw splits the ears of angels. ↗

— Beth Moore

#love #marriage #love

I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#illness

Attempting to contain the infinite within finite symbolism of language may result in scholarship, but it will not produce devotion. (110) ↗

— Prem Prakash

#finite #infinite #yoga

Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed? ↗

— Robert A. Cook

#day #devotions #dirty #face #go