Love Quotes Quote by richard siken — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“There is an empty space next to you in the backseat of the station wagon. Make it the shape of everything you need. Now say hello.”

“This is where the evening splits in half, Henry, love or death. Grab an end, pull hard, and make a wish.”

“He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s a niche in his chest”

“Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.”

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn’t paint it very well.”

“Someone once told me that explaining is an admission of failure.”

“I gave you my heart, but it wasn't enough.”

““the worst thing," he told me,”

“I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”

““That I shall love always,”

“It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important...People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose.”