The Song in my heart

“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”
— The Toughest Indian In The World, Sherman Alexie (via rainydaysandblankets)

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“When I started dating, I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful, romantic idea about love. It was almost that you were a victim – that there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be. Shakespeare said the course of true love never did run smooth and I had a sense it had to be painful. It was such a revelation to realise it shouldn’t be that way and you get to choose who you love and who you give your heart to.”
— Emma Watson (via outcamethesun)

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“She naturally loved solitary places, vast views, and to feel herself for ever and ever and ever alone.”
— Virginia Woolf (via cosmofilius)

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“Love liberates. It doesn’t bind. Love says. ‘I love you. I love you if you’re in China. I love you if you’re across town. I love you if you’re in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I’d like to have your arms around me. I’d like to hear your voice in my ear. But that’s not possible now. So I love you. Go.’”
— Maya Angelou (via fortyone)

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“The promise, made when I am in love and because I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love. A promise must be about things that I can do, about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling in a certain way. He might as well promise to never have a headache or always to feel hungry.”
— C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Relevant for one of my sweet friends tonight. (via underthecarolinamoon)

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“It’s the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying.”
— Dorothy Koomson, Goodnight Beautiful  (via cultivate-solitude)

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