Was it possible to love a man who made you feel ridiculous? Of course [.....], love was complicated, that was all. Or was love simple, and marriage was complicated? In seventeen years of marriage David had often left her feeling frustrated, and furious, and disgusted, yes - but he had also made her feel beautiful, and protected, and loved. And oh, what she would give to feel loved right now.
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CAROLYN JEWEL Eena turned aside, breathing shallowly as her mind raced with questions. She was glad he couldn’t ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH She had never been in love before. She'd tried to save herself the pain, but all her pretending and ... MELANIE DICKERSON She could feel the blood flowing within her and she felt that she must die or break forth into leave... MERVYN PEAKE He had no idea how wonderful he was. How his hands were so beautiful she could hardly look at them. ... CAMMIE MCGOVERN …she was afraid of how he made her feel, because he made her feel way too much JUSTINE DELL Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the lov... JOSEPH CAMPBELL I thought I was in love with Leola, by which I meant that if I could have found her in a quiet corne... ROBERTSON DAVIES Nadya Zelenin and her mother had returned from a performance of Eugene Onegin at the theatre. Going ... 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He loved unconditionally. JOE HAWKINS He no longer loves the person whom he loved ten years ago. I quite believe it. She is no longer the ... BLAISE PASCAL There was a little girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. Wh... KRISTEN MCKEE Linda was nine then, as I was, but we were in love...it had all the shadings and complexities of mat... TIM O'BRIEN He was in conflict with himself. There was no enjoyment in the thought that he had escaped a great d... NORBERT JACQUES I couldn't look at her. I'd been jealous and hurt, and I had dragged Liv into the middle of my own b... KAMI GARCIA Love was something I would not have to worry about - the whole mystery of love, heartbreak songs, an... DOROTHY ALLISON She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, ... KEN FOLLETT I suppose poets have written sonnets for a thousand years about being in love. A lot of people say, ... ROBERT BLAKE And because she was young, and so damn clever and amusing and wonderful, wherever she made her home,... SARAH J. MAAS Mort was already aware that love made you feel hot and cold and cruel and weak, but he hadn't realiz... TERRY PRATCHETT Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ... SANA KRASIKOV Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ... SANA KRASIKOV I just want to spend the rest of today and tonight with the only girl who makes my heart race.” C.A. HARMS What was it like?” Manon asked quietly. “To love.” For love was what it had been—what Asteri... SARAH J. MAAS Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she w... LAUREN CONRAD Mother's intentions were always sound, never muddy; I don't imagine that she troubled herself to fee... JOHN IRVING Yes, love, ...but not the love that loves for something, to gain something, or because of something,... LEO TOLSTOY Strike's eyes followed her hand, but what caught his attention was not the small stack of neatly wri... ROBERT GALBRAITH ...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any... HENRY JAMES It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to s... CARSON MCCULLERS My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it... RUTH REICHL And the child, Francie Nolan, was of all the Rommelys and all the Nolans. She had the violent weakne... BETTY SMITH I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What ... HARUKI MURAKAMI She shrank into her chair, sure that if he could see her now, he would know. The truth would be evid... MARISSA MEYER To see her was to fall in love with her. To hear her was to hear music. To feel her was to feel silk... CARLOS SALINAS She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan ... MEG WOLITZER This was our house. Mine and hers. I know she’d sneak over to the rectory every once in a while an... TIFFANY REISZ We were looking to cast this young witch who is about her age. She was on the list of available acto... DAVID JANOLLARI And I find myself saying, “It wasn’t really about her.” And finding it’s true. Wh... DAVID LEVITHAN He was supposed to be the first man to tell her that she was beautiful and help her determine who sh... ANAIS TORRES Perhaps, in spite of all she had heard about the ideal of a perfect marriage, there was no such thin... LISA KLEYPAS God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that she migh... ELAYNE BOOSLER God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that she migh... WOODROW WYATT Was it possible that the emotion of love had somehow made me more susceptible to fear? Does the nobl... VIVEK PEREIRA (She was) full of life. She was loved and had so much to give. SHANKAR DYAL She always believed love was good and hate was much better. But, indifference would’ve made her a ... A.A. GUPTE years. I kept remembering all the times I’d teased her or called her father a fornicator or simply... NICHOLAS SPARKS Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered,... DANIELLE STEEL She said, ‘You know that I love you.’ And, despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true: the ot... NEIL GAIMAN I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married ... THORNTON WILDER And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much... EMILY MAGUIRE Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the lov... BIBLE It had been an awful thing to lose Henry the first time, to matrimony, but to discover what a false ... ANNA GODBERSEN Both men had made her feel as if she were the one who was at fault, a typically masculine reaction t... FLORA KIDD She left feeling dirty, and on the bus ride home she knew that what her uncles told her had come tru... DAVID BERGEN Every time I read to her, it was like I was courting her, because sometimes, just sometimes, she wou... NICHOLAS SPARKS Ashlei was free to spout off how much she loved her savior because Jesus was not about to rear back ... THOMM QUACKENBUSH We love to love and feel loved because love is the greatest pleasure of all. MARTY RUBIN Feast of the Conversion of Paul The God of Pharisaism was like the God of the Deists, He stood al... C. H. DODD I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mothe... ALAN ALDA Claire tipped her head back, and this time he found her lips. It was, she thought, supposed to be a ... RACHEL CAINE
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LAURA TROTT I think when I first started cycling, it wasn't that popular with kids. I felt almost embarrasse... LAURA TROTT It's all well and good having a women's Tour de France - which I think we need and I think w... LAURA TROTT I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and no... LAURA TROTT I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it... LAURA TROTT Cycling has never felt like a job. To get paid for something that you absolutely love is amazing. I ... LAURA TROTT I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remembe... LAURA TROTT I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to t... LAURA TROTT I get asked to comment a lot on inequality in cycling, but for me it has never been an issue. Everyt... LAURA TROTT People find it hard to fit exercise into their working-day life. Nine to five jobs take up most of y... LAURA TROTT For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outsi... LAURA TROTT You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just we... LAURA SPENCER Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors. LAURA SPENCER When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well tha... LAURA SPENCER I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classe... LAURA SPENCER Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation. LAURA SCHLESSINGER A typical complaint of married women with children is that their job stress tired them out so that t... LAURA SCHLESSINGER People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemi... LAURA SCHLESSINGER I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor. LAURA SCHLESSINGER Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very mu... LAURA SCHLESSINGER I climb mountains. LAURA SCHLESSINGER I pretty much preach, teach and nag. LAURA SCHLESSINGER Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they li... LAURA SCHLESSINGER My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchi... LAURA SCHLESSINGER One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the ha... LAURA SCHLESSINGER This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with ... LAURA SCHLESSINGER It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive. LAURA SCHLESSINGER Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands. LAURA SCHLESSINGER I love revenge. LAURA SCHLESSINGER If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you s... LAURA SCHLESSINGER Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its ow... LAURA SCHLESSINGER Men are very emotionally dependent upon women from the day they are born to the day they expire. LAURA SCHLESSINGER Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A me... LAURA SCHLESSINGER My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current. LAURA SCHLESSINGER I generally don't use an iPod for track work, as I'm focusing on heart rate and times. When ... LAURA ROBSON I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to... LAURA ROBSON I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way to... LAURA ROBSON If there is noise against you, then you try to make it seem it is for you. You just have to try to f... LAURA ROBSON I don't just want to be someone who hits the ball 100 per cent every time. You can play with fre... LAURA ROBSON