Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them,” I said. Isaac shot me a look. “Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That’s what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. Don’t you believe in true love?
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The Paradoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, and se... KENT M. KEITH ROSE: I love you, Jack. JACK: No...don’t say your goodbyes, Rose. Don’t you give up. ... JAMES FRANCIS CAMERON Why d’you make me suffer?" “Because I love you.” Now it was his turn to get angry. �... ITALO CALVINO It's not easy, but do it anyway It's not easy to love, when you get resentment in re... HENNA SOHAIL It's not easy, but do it anyway It's not easy to love, when you get resentment in re... HENNA SOHAIL No! I don’t love you! I just like you, a little. Your lips are sweet, an... ZORICA SAVRON But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You try to cherish th... MATT RUFF i don’t know what living a balanced life feels like when i am sad i don’t cry i pour RUPI KAUR Tell me a truth, Senna.“ “I don’t know how.” “Then tell me a lie.” “I d... TARRYN FISHER I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I use... STEVE MARABOLI I’d kiss you, too, if I was closer.”(claire) “I wouldn’t,” Michael said. “I don’t... RACHEL CAINE It’s 11 am and I’m sitting in a restaurant 3 beers in. Believe me, even I’m surprised <... CLEMENTINE VON RADICS I don’t think we’re in love anymore. I think about sex constantly. I hate your parents... CAITLYN SIEHL It offends me when you doubt my love. These jealousies are unwarranted. If only you lived ... KAMAND KOJOURI I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept... AL PACINO I cannot promise very much. I give you the images I know. Lie still with me and watch. W... ANNE SEXTON one thing I don’t need is any more apologies i got sorry greetin me at my front door NTOZAKE SHANGE It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched m... LAUREN OLIVER don’t think that true love means your only love. I think true love means loving truly.<... TAYLOR JENKINS REID I love you,” I whisper. “What was that? I didn’t hear you.” “Don’t push me.”... KASIE WEST If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be... OSHO Now for my pains, promise me-“ And she hesitated. “What?” asked Marius. “Prom... VICTOR HUGO What is this love that makes me see beauty, and makes every beautiful thing bring yo... KAMAND KOJOURI Don’t worry…three vampire meanies and a horse won’t keep me away from you.” Kali... KAILIN GOW I ask the impossible: love me forever. Love me when all desire is gone. Love me with the s... ANA CASTILLO You know love is everything you say; a whisper, a word, promises you give. You feel it ... ENYA I don’t mind losing in this game of love, if it means You will be the winner. KAMAND KOJOURI I love you, Eliza,” I said. She thought about it. “No,” she said at last, “I don’t li... KURT VONNEGUT People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. I... MOTHER TERESA Devereaux is going with our pitch.” “Hey, that’s just great,” I said superperkily. “W... MARIAN KEYES I love you anyway-even if there isn't any me or any love or even any life- I love you. ZELDA FITZGERALD So you will meet many ’someones’ who will give a new definition to your name. And you can ... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Me: "Touch the cave wall." Computer: "You touch the cave wall. It is moist." Isaac: "Lick ... JOHN GREEN Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.” RACHEL CAINE People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. KENT M. KEITH I can’t be with you. I love Brandon; I’m sorry.” No! “Baby, don’t say that. I w... MOLLY MCADAMS I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, or arrow of carnations that propagate... PABLO NERUDA What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,... ORHAN PAMUK When words don’t add up in love, it is because of six possible reasons: 1. They are af... SHANNON L. ALDER (You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel as... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition." I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something... NICHOLAS SPARKS Girls get screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of... ELLEN HOPKINS Everything is all right, When you’re here, When you’re right next to me, When my ... ELIZABETH BROOKS make love like you have no secrets like you’ve never been left nev... WARSAN SHIRE I don’t have any fancy story, about the way we fell in love. It was that one awkward mov... JASLEEN KAUR GUMBER What could my mother be to yours? What kin is my father to yours anyway? And how did ... VIKRAM CHANDRA Mustardseed grinned at Bertie. "I was never any good at geometry, but you’re stuck in a love trian... LISA MANTCHEV And the thing about love," Wally said to Angel, "is that you can’t force anyone. It’s natural to... JOHN IRVING (When) When you call me nugget. When you take pictures of me. When you dance. Wh... CRYSTAL WOODS Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough. I don’t know why. LANA DEL REY What if they don’t let us go through?” I ask, trying not to move my lips. “They will,”... SUSAN EE But I believe in true love, you know? I don’t believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or no... JOHN GREEN …Look, I’m real sorry about Cheryl, I know you loved her a lot,” Mandy apologized gloomily. �... REBECCA MCNUTT What is it like to wear another person’s skin?” “I don’t have a good answer for that,�... ANDREW DAVIDSON if one day you feel like crying... call me I don't promise that I will make you laug... ROBERT J. LAVERY String of love Universe surrounds you The Saints kneels to you My freezin... JHUNMAR SIMILA Roses are red, Violets are blue, No amount of money, Can stop me from loving you, CHRIS COLFER JAMIE'S SONG 'KILL ME': In the darkness of the night, you come to me to fight. ... NEHA YAZMIN Don’t cry,nyonda,” he murmured. Phillipa took a deep breath. “What does that mean, anyway... SUZANNE ENOCH Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,”... JULIA QUINN Overheard on a Saltmarsh" Nymph, nymph, what are your beads? Green glass, gobl... HAROLD MONRO Let me assure you, the struggle is real. I clicked my tongue, ready to fire back a snarky... ANNIE ARCANE You understand why you must go through with this marriage.” “You say you couldn’t live wi... JESSICA KHOURY (What are your ghosts like?) (They are on the insides of the lids of my eyes.) (This is al... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER The error all women commit. Why can’t you women love us, faults and all? Why do you place us ... OSCAR WILDE Rolando pursed his lips and sighed. “Just be careful.” “Why, because her father ca... FELIX ALEXANDER Dear Samson, I put your hair in a jar by the pear tree near the well. I bee... CAROLE C. GREGORY And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make THE BEATLES Tikkun olam.” Exactly. Basically, it says that the world has been broken into pieces. A... DAVID LEVITHAN They tell us the only way to move on is to forget. “Forgive,” they say. Realise ... KAMAND KOJOURI Blue jeans, white shirt Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn It was like, J... LANA DEL REY Why is my love for you, dyed in wool? What is the hindrance to moving on? Why in lov... ZUBAIR AHSAN Jamie: You have to promise you won't fall in love with me. Landon: That's not a problem. NICHOLAS SPARKS Dear Pat, You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, ‘Why ... JOHN STEINBECK He’s not that smart.” “She’s right,” Augustus says. “It’s just that most re... JOHN GREEN Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don’t understand. Thoughts that aren’t even true—that ... JAY ASHER A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGHTS I: You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, an... MANUEL J. SMITH You don’t have any friends, your sister dumped you, you’re a freak eater..and you’ve got some ... RAINBOW ROWELL Love? I always thought love was just something that ate away your sanity, left you with an inferiori... TOMOKO HAYAKAWA You don’t understand,” my dad said. “They stop you.” “Who? What are you talkin... CRISTINA HENRIQUEZ The children came to a perfume shop. In the show window was a large jar of freckle salve, and beside... ASTRID LINDGREN When in love try keeping your heart sane. Once it loses sanity the mind usually fol... NEENA H BRAR People die . . . so love them every day. Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone. Love... L.J. SMITH Insatiable is my desire for you, Insane is my love you, Limitless are my boundaries for y... PUSHPA RANA I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you simply, without problems or ... PABLO NERUDA If this is the last time, let me say it so you never forget. I will always love you, Deuce. No matte... ANN AGUIRRE My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't... STEPHEN R. COVEY I asked, "You mean, you might as well spend your life going upward, through the happy places, since ... ELIZABETH GILBERT It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tu... CAITLYN SIEHL I made such a fool of myself,” she lamented. “Love does not make you a fool.” “He ... MITCH ALBOM They took my books because my message was love. They took my pen because my words wer... KAMAND KOJOURI I made up my mind I was going to find someone who would love me unconditionally three hundred and si... HARUKI MURAKAMI
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JOHN GREEN Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy... JOHN GREEN It's not because I want to make out with her." Hold on." He grabbed a pencil and scrawled excit... JOHN GREEN I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying tr... JOHN GREEN They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting. JOHN GREEN Principled hate is a hell of a lot stronger than "Boy, I wish you hadn't mummified me and thrown me ... JOHN GREEN Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said. "R... JOHN GREEN So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I w... JOHN GREEN Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there ". I don't know where there is... JOHN GREEN Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you. 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