#quit

I loved you even when you forgot me. And—for a little while—you loved me back. ↗

— Julio-Alexi Genao

#love

But it was just luck really if the girls survived. You're like a man firing a machine gun into a supermarket who happens not to become a murderer. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#murder #unrequited-love #women #love

I think of the quietness of Julian’s voice as he said I love you, the steadiness of his rib cage rising and falling against my back, as we sleep. I love you, Julian. But the words don’t come. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#julian-fineman #love #sadness #unrequited-love #love

I'll be right here, I won't leave you, I'll stay with you until you need me, I'll love you even when you don't, because you make me HAPPY! ↗

— Gina Marie G.

#unhappy #unrequited-love #love

Someday you’re gonna realize that no one on this earth will ever love you the way I do. You’ll wish you’d said the words, wish you’d had this moment back. The truth is whether you say them or not I’ll still go on loving you. Even when it hurts, even when I feel it cut me up inside and I bleed…I’ll still love you, but someday…probably sooner than either of us want it to be….someday…I’ll hate you for it.” Raylan’s words are cruel and wonderful at the same time. ↗

— Ashley Jeffery

#raylan-crawford #scent-hound #the-wild-hunt #unrequited-love #love

I know you’ve forgotten me, but I’ll remember you as long as I live. ↗

— Julio-Alexi Genao

#love

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#belief #capable #every #evil #men

When unrequited love is the most expensive thing on the menu, sometimes you settle for the daily special. ↗

— Miranda Kenneally

#love

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#because #confusion #contrary #earlier #enjoys

I knew you were a badass," continued Adrian. "But I didn't realize just how much until I saw you dropping guardians out there." "Does that mean you're going to be nicer to me?" I teased. "I'm already nice to you," he said loftily. "Do you know how badly I want a cigarette right now? But no. I manfully suffer through nicotine withdrawal—all for you. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#nicotine-withdrawal #quitting-smoking #rose-hathaway #bad