#lover

The sense that in his mother’s view, he had let down his family just by being who he was… was a failure of acceptance that he was never going to get over. He just wanted to live, honestly and out front, with no apology. Like everyone else. To love who he loved, be who he was… but society had a different standard. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blaylock #j-r-ward #lover-at-last #family

V, you know I love you like a brother, right?" "Yeah." "You feed her and I'll tear out your fucking throat out. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #lover-revealed #v #love

Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations. ↗

— George Byron

#because #friends #generally #indeed #jealousy

There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#comes #discovers #life #lover #once

You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my favorite cousins, actually. His nonconformity is admirable and he's survived things that would crush a lesser male. Don't know that being in love with him would be easy, however." Blay didn't go near that one. "So do you come here often?" Saxton laughed, his pale eyes glinting, "Not for discussion, huh. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blaylock #jr-ward #lover-mine #saxton #love

Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review his politics or his color as opposed to his filmmaking sometimes. Because he's a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker and a lover of the art. ↗

— Brian Cox

#art #astonishing #because #color #director

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know? ↗

— Marc Webb

#i #just #kind #know #like

Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned over. It was an education to go for a walk with him. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#cooper #education #every #friend #gary

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love. ↗

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

#angel #assures #babe #before #born

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#lover #without