#love

I'm going to make it very hard. I love you and I'm tired of being told what I should want and what I should do. You and I got married and I can stomp my foot and scream and rail at you because of the deal you made with my father, but the truth is I wouldn't have married you if I didn't want to". She took a deep breath. "And I don't think anyone. including my father, could have forced you to marry me. So, Mr. Megalos, consider yourself stuck with me. ↗

— Leanne Banks

#marriage #love

She is the swelling sail, trim rigging and bust sunlit deck of our matrimonial yacht. I am the low hull, with the invisible ballast and keel. ↗

— Alasdair Gray

#marriage #love

What! your wisdom thinks I must love the man I'm going to marry? The most unpleasant thing in the world. I should quarrel with him; I should be jealous of him; our menage would be conducted in a very ill-bred manner. A little quiet contempt contributes greatly to the elegance of life. ("The Lifted Veil") ↗

— Mary Ann Evans

#marriage #love

Möge ihnen die Liebe für immer ihre Schwingen leihen, so dass ihre Füße nie wieder den Boden berühren. ↗

— Victoria Alexander

#love

Perhaps just to have loved was enough - just to have seen this world,and known it,through the eyes of love. ↗

— Rosie Alison

#love #world #inspirational

You make me believe in love, which I'd give up on. Thank you for proving to me it's not just a fairy tale. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#love #lovers-love-story #inspirational

We are fighters and survivors. We are here. We are alive and breathing, living and loving, birthing and caring, working and earning. The sky is above us. The earth is below us. We can never be poor. ~ NanaAnna ↗

— Sister Souljah

#caring #inspiration #living #loving #nannaana

Falling into true love, is not taking a rope to climb out ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#inspiration #life #love #observation #philosophy

This is the culture your raising your kids in, don't be suprised when it blows up in your face. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#inspirational #love #inspirational

Maybe someday, I'd find someone who'd prove he really loved me. Someone who'd hold me rather than let me fall. Someone who'd never lie to me. ↗

— J.C. Reed

#love #romance #romantic #inspirational