All Quotes By Tag: First-love
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“Les enfants qui s’aiment s’embrassent deboutContre les portes de la nuitEt les passants qui passent les désignent du doigtMais les enfants qui s’aimentNe sont là pour personneEt c’est seulement leur ombreQui tremble dans la nuitExcitant la rage des passantsLeur rage, leur mépris, leurs rires et leur envieLes enfants qui s’aiment ne sont là pour personneIls sont ailleurs bien plus loin que la nuitBien plus haut que le jourDans l’éblouissante clarté de leur premier amour”
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“The FlightLook back with longing eyes and know that I will follow,Lift me up in your love as a light wind lifts a swallow,Let our flight be far in sun or blowing rain–But what if I heard my first love calling me again?Hold me on your heart as the brave sea holds the foam,Take me far away to the hills that hide your home;Peace shall thatch the roof and love shall latch the door–But what if I heard my first love calling me once more?”
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“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.”
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“… you’ll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.”
“Her mouth set. “I’ve already lost one man I loved tonight. I will not lose the other.” She glared at him. “And curse you, you stone head, for making me say it first.”
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“One spirit remained unaware of his presence, staring at Miss Parker with such longing that he reluctantly decided to let it stay. The spirit, a hollow-eyed girl with ringlets and clothing from long past, reached toward Percy, wishing to touch her. Alexi understood. When left to her own devices, Miss Parker was neither shy nor awkward; she was radiant.”
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“Lips that have tasted the salt of tears always give the sweetest kiss.”
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“The paradox of love is that to have it is to want to preserve it because it’s perfect in the moment but that preservation is impossible because the perfection is only ever an instant passed through. Love like travel is a series of moments that we immediately leave behind. Still we try to hold on and embalm against all evidence and common sense proclaiming our promises and plans. The more I loved him the more I felt hope. But hope acknowledges uncertainty and so I also felt my first premonitions of loss.”
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“While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain things now made perfect sense; Moon River didn’t sound so syrupy, mistletoe wasn’t such a bad idea, and perhaps dating was not such a frivolous waste of time after all.”
“The first kiss can be as terrifying as the last.”
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“Oh, dear.” She let her head fall back to the pillow. “There it went. I’ve fallen in love with you now.””Just now?” Chuckling, he came to a sitting position, resting his forearm on one bent knee. “Well, thank God for belated blessings.” He ran a handthrough his hair. “It’s been coming on rather longer than that for me.””What?” She sat bolt upright. “What can you mean? Since when?””From the first, Amelia. From the very first.”
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“A pearl’s first love will always be her oyster.”
“Let us never get so jaded by the complexities of life that we forget the sweetness, pureness, innocence of love at first bloom.”
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“Love me like Saturday night, like three glasses of champagne, like the room is spinning, like you’re drunk on my love.”