Quotes About Emotion

This whole time, I wasn't waiting for something in particular. Just someone who wanted me. Not sex. But me.

For four years she'd subsisted on memories of this—his voice, his face, the sound of his breath and his heartbeat. She felt him like a leaf feels the sun, like a magnet feels metal.

Her lips parted. Vaughn nearly died on the spot. He pulled her in. The guitar strummed its protest. Neither of them cared. She had her hand on his neck, the side of her thumb notched under his jaw, forefinger tips pressing into the nape of his neck as if saying, closer, more. He shoved the guitar to the floor, and it clattered against the wood. She broke away, panting. 'Oops.

He stared at her, unable to think of whole words. Orchid's mouth was wet and swollen, and he had done that. 'That was -' she smoothed her hair. 'That was -' Amazing. A long time coming. Something she wanted to do again, Dr. Bown be damned. 'Really nice.' Oh, no. he'd sucked at it. Nice? He could already hear all of her laughing.

As if Max needed her permission.

The true function of sex is to bring more love into the world.

A heart's a heavy burden.

This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.

Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite

We think of it as a sort of traffic accident of the heart. It is an emotion that scares us more than cruelty, more than violence, more than hatred. We allow ourselves to be foiled by the vagueness of the word. After all, love requires the utmost vulnerability. We equip someone with freshly sharpened knives; strip naked; then invite him to stand close. What could be scarier?

One thing I was absolutely sure of was his love. Love made any problem solvable.

seen that quick alteration of her features

seeing his face light up when I told him. He was so happy

to their cars in the driveway. I smiled, watching

But I felt . . . I still feel . . . . lucky I had the chance to know you.' She puts her arm around my shoulders, very gently, and I can tell she thinks of me as an old lady who needs to be handled with care. She should see me do the shoulder stand in my yoga class.

Was it possible to love people you had never met, I wondered...

I had the feeling if I hadn't been there

her mouthing the words, 'That's my Daddy.'" Ben

I love you," he said, as he parted her lips with his own and then kissed her. After a moment he added, "I love you with everything I have, and with all that I am.

One is never as happy as one thinks, nor as unhappy as one hopes.

We can't save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it's worth trying.

I WISH I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO LOVE YOU WITH ALITTLE LESS EFFORT.

No one can predict who is going to touch your heart in a way that changes your very being.

The train surges forward. I start singing an old Irving Berlin song Mom used to play on the piano: "How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?…And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?