When shall I get to kiss thee?’ I asked.‘ By all means you can forever ask, ’ she answered.‘ Your lips ask a heavy price, ’ I said.‘ It’s a fair exchange of one so fair, ’ she said.‘ What lips are worthy for your mouth and lips?’ I asked.‘ Only the discerning can this secret know, ’ she answered.‘ Don’t worship idols, be with the Truth, ’ I said.‘ In the Way of Love, both are allowed, ’ she said. I said, ‘The tavern helps to heal the heart.’‘ Blessed are those who heal the lonely heart, ’ she answered.‘ It’s not religion, the priestly robe, the wine, ’ I said.‘ But to the gnostic both lead to the Divine, ’ she answered.‘ What use to an old man of youthful lips?’ I asked.‘ By such sweet kissing, he grows young! ’ she answered.‘ When shall the bridegroom embrace the bride?’‘ When the stars are that way inclined.’ I said, ‘The prayer of Hafiz is for His glory.’‘ This is the prayer of angels too, in heaven, ’ she answered. Hafiz Shirazi
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for...
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Bob Marley
As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
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John Green
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you,...
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Pablo Neruda
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.
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Neil Gaiman
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.
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Sarah Dessen
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…The love of his youth Appeared as in a dream And this ageing lover Went mad with love. The youth robbed him of Reason and his chastity. In pursuit of his Beloved, mad, deranged, He was from kith and kin estranged. The fire of the...
When shall I get to kiss thee?’ I asked.‘ By all means you can forever ask, ’ she answered.‘ Your lips ask a heavy price, ’ I said.‘ It’s a fair exchange of one so fair, ’ she said.‘ What lips are worthy for your...
