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#1

“The wounded recognized the wounded.”
― Nora Roberts, Rising Tides

tags: child-abuse, wounded

#2

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

tags: love

24157 likes

#3

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: friendship, love

23067 likes

#4

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

tags: ferocity

3904 likes

#5

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
― Émile Zola, The Ladies' Paradise

tags: boredom, misattributed-vincent-van-gogh, passion

1184 likes

#6

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: dragons, wisdom

8728 likes

#7

“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked.
"A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: caged, fear, gender-roles

2521 likes

#8

“Love is many things none of them logical.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

1281 likes

#9

“Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

tags: buttercup, garden, heart, hidden-treasure, love, secret, the-princess-bride, walls, william-goldman

1329 likes

#10

“Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

tags: cynics, humor, life, romantics, writing

985 likes

#11

“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

1097 likes

#12

“It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

664 likes

#13

“I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

tags: devotion, love, misattributed, pronouncements-of-love

596 likes

#14

“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: fantasy

2024 likes

#15

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

tags: light, moon, sense-of-wonder, stars

2448 likes

#16

“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin

1886 likes

#17

“Where there's life there's hope.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

1801 likes

#18

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

tags: love

12931 likes

#19

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: humor, love, romantic, women

18042 likes

#20

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

tags: love, mr-darcy

12381 likes

#21

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

5686 likes

#22

“Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.”
― Walter Scott

tags: classics

88 likes

#23

“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

2107 likes

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