“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.”
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“Green was the silence, wet was the light,
the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That's why you can't fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and body but not your heart. And that's why, when you really connect with a person's inner self, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant.”
― Beautiful Lies
― Beautiful Lies
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.”
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“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
― Tempest-Tost
― Tempest-Tost
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