#lee

I know you'll tell me to fuck off, but I think Curran loves you. Truly loves you. And I think you love him, Kate. That's rare. Think about it--if he really stood you up, why would he be so pissed off about the whole thing? You both can be assholes of the first order, so don't let the two of you throw it away. If you're going to walk away from it, at least walk away knowing the whole picture." "You're right. Fuck off. I don't need him," I told her. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#curran #ilona-andrews #kate #love #magic-bleeds

You're in love with her, aren't you?" I pause. Am I? I sign and clasp my hands behind my head, not sure what to say. "I'm trying so hard not to be," I say quietly, admitting it to myself for the first time. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#this-girl #love

What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sells eternity to get a toy? For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy? Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown, Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down? ↗

— William Shakespeare

#fleeting-possession #gain #greed #dreams

The man that put that hurt look in your eyes, could be worth everything, or nothing at all. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#love

But I was awake, sitting by the window looking down at the trailer and Mr. Zoltan's truck. I could not sleep. That is how it is with folks my age. We take naps during the day, and then we cannot sleep at night. I think that it is because God is getting us ready for the grave. Is that right? Did He ever tell you? ("The Little Stranger") ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#death #elderly #grave #sleep #age

She looked at me and smiled and said "Are you ready?" And I was. I finally was. I had never been more ready in my life. Yeah... This girl. My mother would have loved this girl. Too bad she was just a dream. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#this-girl #dreams

In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday. ↗

— Edward Albert

#back #basics #crisis #eating #enough

If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me. ↗

— William Congreve

#delight #heart #i #i see #love

If you go an further, I'll have to put you to sleep forever. ↗

— Shizuru Seino

#love

...a good dinner is of great importance to good talk. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#love