#unrequited

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#love #unrequited-love #family

Let’s always love each other, and never be in love with each other. ↗

— David Levithan

#love #unrequited-love #friendship

Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo-march #longing #lost-love #love #spoil

I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced. ↗

— Barbara Pym

#love

...and her dreams that didn't happen, that couldn't have happened because she'd pinned them on somebody too broken and unattainable to love her back. ↗

— Janette Rallison

#hopelessness #unrequited-love #dreams

...I'm the last person to ask about unrequited love - I've run away to the Moon and fled to its valleys... ↗

— John Geddes

#love

With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist, locking his protesting dolls in to a trunk. ↗

— Sarah Waters

#lesbian #unrequited-love #love

You've got the wrong girl." "On the contrary..." the voice murmured, "I've got exactly the girl I want." Her body turned to ice. Her mind fought for calm. There were people only yards away, yet she was alone... "You're bleeding." Lips closed over hers. A kiss so passionate that time faded and stopped... so passionate, it sucked her breath away... Searing heat swept through her- pain and pleasure throbbing through her veins. With a helpless moan, she leaned into him and realized with a shock the kiss had ended. ↗

— Richie Tankersley Cusick

#fiction #obsessive-love #paranormal #richie-tankersley-cusick #the-unseen

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