“If we’re going to talk, then let’s talk. Forget about what is polite or proper and delve right into what is sincere and honest. Lead me down through the labyrinth of your true, spectacular self. I am not interested in pleasantries. If you want a conversation, then let’s get lost.”
— Beau Taplin
"And I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more."
— Franz Kafka
When you fall in love with someone, you are falling in love with aspects of God that is visible through them.
What then makes the person so unique ?
It is their willingness to allow the higher lights to channel through their specific shape & form. This is their beauty.
“You’re so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.”
— Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring (via perfectquote)
“This is not goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”
— Nicholas Sparks
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
— Neil Gaiman
“Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.”
— Iyanla Vanzant
My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky.
- Nizar Qabbani, My Lover Asks Me