2,406 Quotes About Lovers

  • Author Anne Carson
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    To feel anything deranges you. To be seenfeeling anything strips younaked. In the grip of itpleasure or pain doesn’tmatter. You think whatwill they do what newpower will they acquire ifthey see me naked likethis. If they see youfeeling. You have no ideawhat. It’s not about them.To be seen is the penalty.

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  • Author Jamie Weise
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    She had missed him so long now, that the feeling had become a part of her. As each day passed, the missing distanced itself from her heart. One day she woke, and realized the missing was there but the pain was gone. Missing without pain is tolerable. Pain linked to heartache is intolerable.

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  • Author Ian McEwan
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    Dearest Cecilia, You’d be forgiven for thinking me mad, the way I acted this afternoon. The truth is I feel rather light headed and foolish in your presence, Cee, and I don’t think I can blame the heat.

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