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Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you leaves me breathless.
They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.
Angels listen when she speaks; She's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder.
If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.
That impulse I think is a form of love. Poetry is something that comes to you, rather than your having to work out its form beforehand.
The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion.
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
There is an eternal love between the water drop and the leaf. When you look at them, you can see that they both shine out of happiness.
Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
God designs people's emotions so you fall in love with people who, in return, wouldn't even use your hollowed-out skull for a spittoon.
And then I did laugh, even though the future was a dangerous place, because I loved her, and she loved me, and the world was beautiful.
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any thing on earth'.
Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea, And love is a thing that can never go wrong, and I am Marie of Romania.
Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived... The pain now is part of the happiness then.
Falling in love is like submerging beneath the ocean with a submarine; you leave the outside world and wander in the silence of dimness.
"O' course I came to look arter you, my darlin'," replied Mr. Weller; for once permitting his passion to get the better of his veracity.
Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.
"You see," said Mr. Toots, "what I wanted in a wife was - in short, was sense. Money, Feeder, I had. Sense I - I had not, particularly."
In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.
The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.
In short: if one has nothing of value to say, only that which is impure defilement, avoid them. They are masters of the dark. Of no use.
One thing that I love about World Vision is every place they go, they go in with an exit plan, they don't want people dependent on them.
Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage , he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it.
Oh god Let all lovers be content Give them happy endings Let their lives be celebrations Let their hearts dance in the fire of your love
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
A man who has built a world empire with only ideas and with love, not with swords and with archers, is the greatest amongst all the men!
All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.
If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.
When we do not love, we sleep, we are children of the dust - but love, and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation.
Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain.
In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.
But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.
The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.
The reality of en-masse inner transformation of human beings by self-realisation is the most revolutionary discovery of the present age.
This is all that I've known for certain, that God is love. Even if I have been mistaken on this or that point: God is nevertheless love.
But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?
The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.
Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
His (God) love is not a passing fancy or superficial emotion; it is a profound and unshakable commitment that seeks what is best for us.
Don´t be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing the chapters that you have read; there is no need to go back again and again.
Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.
The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.
People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.
Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.
I've always believed that you shouldn't want to mend a broken heart, because that's someone you don't want to forget. Scars can be good.
Love is a great poet, its resources are inexhaustible, but if the end it has in view is not obtained, it feels weary and remains silent.