Quotes About Devotion

Livingstone explored for the rest of his life, enduring fevers, torrential rains, animal attacks, threatening tribes, and countless other hardships. Once when asked how he could make such sacrifices, Livingstone answered, "I never made a sacrifice. We ought not to talk of sacrifice when we remember the great sacrifice which Christ made when He left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us.

Heaven would never be heaven without you.

There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in appearance but never in devotion, sharing the transcendent glory of our love through all eternity.

Yes, she's fine. She's rereading one of your books. There's not many authors she likes, so if there's nothing new, she just rereads yours. The funny thing is, she forgets how they end, so she enjoys it just as much as the first time. I swear the woman could plan her own surprise party.

Love is never convenient-and rarely painless

Cantus astronomicus, domine astronomy . . ." She was chanting what seemed to be a mix of ersatz Latin and Standard. I knelt

Most is God for to be loved: mickle are heavenly things for to be loved: little, or nought but for need, are earthly things to be loved. Withouten doubt thus every man is turned to Christ whiles nought is desired by him but only Christ.

People sometimes get in the habit of being loyal to a mistake.

If those also of the younger sort would ask of themselves, why God should not have the flower and marrow of their age? And why they should give their strength to the devil?

You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.

I hope it's love. I'm trying really hard to make it love.

I will come back from the dead for you.

Makes a cathedral, him pressing against me, his lips at my neck, and yes, I do believe his mouth is heaven, his kisses falling over me like stars.

and you play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.

You could love this boy with all your heart.

Love, for you is larger than the usual romantic love. It's like a religion. It's terrifying.

We are all just trying to be holy.

I'll give you my heart to make a place for it to happen, evidence of a love that transcends hunger. Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there?

Tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us.

I said kiss me here and here and here and you did.

Don't make a noise, don't leave the room until I come back from the dead for you. I will come back from the dead for you.

you're all I ever wanted / and worth dying for too

just mash your lips against me.

The lawn drowned, the sky on fire, the gold light falling backwards through the glass of every room. I'll give you my heart to make a place for it to happen, evidence of a love that transcends hunger. Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there?