to My Love.

who else? -Peter McWilliams

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But she loves me--I daresay she's pretty mad but she does love me; I've looked at her eyes, I know.

Elizabeth Bowen, The Last September

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And love, meanwhile, did not so much lie bleeding as sit back stunned, bruised, a little craven from shock.

Elizabeth Bowen, The Last September

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How could you allow me to love you so? How cruel a thing.

Keaton Henson, How Could I have Known

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I get hungry for her presence.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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What can it be to run against a Woman, except absolute and immediate destruction?

Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland

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I had to tell her then or I'd never have another chance, I just said, Before you go to sleep, I have to tell you before you go to sleep that I love you, and immediately, right away after, she said, I love you too, and it sounded to me as if she didn't mean it, a little flat, but then it usually sounds a little flat when someone says, I love you too, because they're just saying it back even if they do mean it, and the problem is I'll never know if she meant it.

Lydia Davis, “Break It Down” from Break It Down

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... When he calls me either he will then come to me, or he will not and I will be angry, and so I will have either him or my own anger.

Lydia Davis, “Story” from Break It Down

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"If you must speak, speak every word as though it were unique."

Keaton Henson, You

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I gave my heart to a goddamn fool.

Sam Smith, Nothing Left for You

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Everyone prays in the end.

Sam Smith, Pray

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Who is more naked than the man yelling, "Hey, I'm home!" to an empty house?

Robert Hass, “Song”

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Maybe I hurt you some, but let's contrast and compare; lift up your shirt. The wound isn't there.

Bright Eyes, It’s Cool, We Can Still Be Friends

[heartstormquotes]

I'm only there so that you're not alone.

Bright Eyes, It’s Cool, We Can Still Be Friends

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Don't call me lover; its not enough.

Keaton Henson, Sweetheart, What Have You Done To Us

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But me, I'm not a gamble. You can count on me to split.

Bright Eyes, Lua

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We understand then we do not?

Walt Whitman, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”