He was prepared to die for it, as one of Baudelaire’s dandies might have been prepared to kill himself in order to preserve himself in the condition of a work of art, for he wanted...

In love, the Sufi meeting houseAnd wine-shop are one place;As are all places where we findThe loved one’s radiant race;And what the Sufis make a show ofCan be found equallyAmong the monks, before their cross,Within...

Love is the language that transcends all others.

Men and boys are constantly portrayed as predatory, sexist, their sense of humour is vilified and their behaviour is regarded as unacceptable. Factor in the constant diet we are fed of men as perpetrators of...

But one day you’re going to wake up to the smell of a friend making burnt toast and warm coffee, and you’re going to smile with relief knowing you made it. Knowing somebody found ways...

We’re all free to chose some people to love, and then do it.

Then your tail will divide and shrink until it becomes what the people on earth call a pair of shapely legs. But it will hurt; it will feel as if a sharp sword slashed through...

You Don’t Need To Be Anyone’s Reflection,Neither Do You Need To Be Anyone’s Reason For Perfection.If You Find Love,Let It Allow You To Be Yourself,Let It Not Define You.Let It Be The Reason Someone Believes...

Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I mean pure psychedelic inebriation. Not just lustful petting but transcendental metamorphosis when you became aware that the greatness of this being was breathing into you. Licking...

The fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real root cause of all our anger and pain and despair. And...

The best beauty in the world is the beauty of kindness.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

Thus is the nature of love: that you must use it! A love unused is not love! If it is something that sits on the shelf that you don’t know what to do with, it...

I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to transform the earth to be heaven.

Statement: A girl and a boy jump into a river. The boy swims over to the girl and says, “God, it’s cold.”Question: What’s the probability they will kiss?

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it...

Sometimes you have to learn to love what’s good for you.

I’ve crossed paths since with men like him. I wish I could say differently. But I have. And what I have learned is that you dig a little and you find they’re all the same,...

Love is like an elephant with wings. If it doesn’t fly, at least it remembers.

The search only ends when you finally find the one who truly gets you.

If you are born weak, it’s not your mistake. If you die weak, it’s your mistake.

Friendship isn’t partying with a group of people to get drunk or chatting with him/her once a week, it’s exactly the opposite. Friends make sure you get home safely and they help you when you...

How do new watches catch up with old watches that have had more time to get a head start? This is what I pondered while I waited on her to fall in love with me.

It’s like she has some sort of captivating fire in her eyes. Sometimes she’ll look at me and I feel like she’s staring into my soul, reading everything I’m trying to keep hidden.

What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,What mighty contests rise from trivial things,…

Nothing is there when you’re not here.So love yourself and take great care.

To a man, I love you means please keep feeding me. To a woman, it means she was talking to a new pair of shoes.

The widespread assumption that ethical behavior takes the fun out of life is false. In actuality, living ethically ensures that relationships in our lives, including encounters with strangers, nurture our spiritual growth.

So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but...

Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Every time I read to her, it was like I was courting her, because sometimes, just sometimes, she would fall in love with me again, just like she had a long time ago. And that’s...

I love you but I got to love me more.

Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond-…-but even if Schuyler still loves him, or thinks she does, it doesn’t matter. Because Jack is going to...

I like games, board games, mind games and games of life. Just don’t play games with my heart because you won’t like the way I brake the rules.

To love me, my family does not need to understand me.

He laughs. And in his laugh I hear bliss. I hear feet dancing, the rush of skirts twirling. The sound of children.Is that the first sign of love?You hear in the person you’re destined to...

Every word that he had spoken amongst the amassed beauties of Macmaster furnishings had been a link in a love-speech. It was not merely that he had confessed to her as he would have to...

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

protect our property at all costs from any sense of perceived threat. ” This is what the worship of death looks like.

When the devout religion of mine eyeMaintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fires,And these, who, often drowned, could never die,Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars!One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sunNe’er saw her...

Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved.

Making You Happy; Makes Me Happy.

It’s not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

Love is on every side, and no one’s side. Don’t ask what Love can do for you.

He knew what it was like to love one who did not–or could not–love you back. But he’d had no choice. None of them did.

Man is not valuable because he loves God. Man is valuable because God loves him.

No one goes through life with a whole heart.

To build a respectful, kind and loving relationship, begin by being respectful, kind and loving to yourself

By attempting to kill you, Voldemort himself singled out the remarkable person who sits here in front of me, and gave him the tools for the job! It is Voldemort’s fault that you were able...