Am I In Love? Quotes
The first time he saw her she reminded him of a distant memory of falling from a height.
The weapon of memory, turned on the self, is an apocalyptic sword.
Where would we be without it, memory? Well, it'll never die here. Never in this country. We feed it too well.
As long as Simon didn’t think about the past, the past couldn’t hurt him. But, increasingly, he couldn’t help himself.There was too much pleasure in the pain.
I loved you without knowing it, and I looked for your memory.In empty houses I entered with a lantern to steal your portrait
And he ate up all her vision, as he had done the first day she saw him so long ago.
Three scents accompany my memories of this place: cut wood, poppy-seed bread, and the soft, crisp smell of snow.
Love is inaudible—until you hear it. And once you do, you’ll never forget the sound of her voice.
How was she supposed to be in the same room with the man that made her want to simultaneously kiss him and kill him?
She knew him as much as the knowing of her own heart’s secret: she was destined for the forest.
Just like when you're young and in love, a seven-hour plane ride can seem like a lifetime.
If Scotsmen don't wear anything under their kilts and they ride a horse, do you think they chafe their manbits?
Emotions like these didn't happen to regular, everyday people. They couldn't or else the entire world would be fornicating all the time.
For your next act, please don't pull any rabbits out of my... well, hat."....He licked playfully at her mouth. "And ya can't call my manhood 'rabbit'.
For your next act, please don't pull any rabbits out of my... well, hat."....He licked playfully at her mouth. "And ya can't call my manhood 'rabbit'.At least give it a manly name I can brag about.
Because Jesus paid it all, we are free from the need to do it all. Our identity, worth, and value, are not anchored in what we can accomplish but in what Jesus accomplished for us.
...Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with...a question."What do you think? How do you read it?" he asks, again and again and again.
The God of Romans 9–11 finds ways to show mercy, even when the facts clamor for judgment. This doesn’t sound much like Calvinism to me, but it does sound a whole lot like Jesus.
To get where you want to go, the first question you always have to answer is Where am I? ... We only find out where we are when we find out where He is. We only find ourselves... when we find Him.
I have decided. I want to be about the cause of Jesus. I want to follow Christ, not the crowd.
Jesus said his disciples would be known for their love, not for their placards of protest and angry letters to the editor.
You see Jesus wrecked my life
The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy.
With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.
Compassion has more to do with the attitude we bring to our encounters with other people than with any quantifiable metric of giving.
The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out.
We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism.
Love draws you out of your cocoon of self-absorption to attune to others. Love allows you to really see another person, holistically, with care, concern, and compassion.
People who don’t know how to use their minds can’t really know how to use their hearts either.
By serving humanity, I automatically serve myself.
We deny the same love to others that we deny ourselves. We distort others in the same way we distort ourselves.
When you see a person acting violently, ask yourself whether he knows how powerful he is. If he knew his power, would he feel the need to assert it?
Though your acts of love and compassion cannot penetrate bandages or armour, they are never wasted and never lost. They sit within the recipient’s mind, awaiting his awakening.
Once you understand love, you don’t need a reward your kindness or compassion just like you don’t need a reward for breathing.
In the world of so-called villains, what we need is not another hero. What we need is to stop the influx of people who dress themselves as menaces and proceed to harm others.
It is only once you see the baffled expression on the face of your enemy when you give his cruel words a warm smile that you’ll understand, truly understand, what love is all about.
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.
