"Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it."

Rainer Maria Rilke 

"It is love that holds everything together,
and it is the everything also."

Rumi

"Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I hate when people ask, ‘What’s it like being an Indian comedian?’ Or similarly, when they ask female comedians what it’s like being a ‘female comedian.’ I’ve never read anyone ask Jerry Seinfeld what it’s like being a ‘Caucasian comedian,’ which is actually a great question. Mindy Kaling put it best when she said something to the effect of, ‘I can go head-to-head with any white, male comedy writer. Don’t try to segment me into a smaller category.’ I thought it was such a badass thing to say and articulated my frustration perfectly."

Aziz Ansari

"

I love the handful of the earth you are.
Because of its meadow, vast as a planet,
I have no other star. You are my replica
of the multiplying universe.

Your wide eyes are the only light I know
from extinguished constellations;
your skin throbs like the streak
of a meteor through rain.

Your hips were that much of the moon for me;
your deep mouth and its delights, that much sun;
your heart, fiery with its long red rays,

was that much ardent light, like honey in the shade.
So I pass across your burning form, kissing you — compact and planetary,
my dove, my globe.

"

Pablo Neruda

"

If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was I everything that you were looking for?
If I couldn’t feel your touch
And no longer were you with me
I’d be wishing you were here
To be everything that I’ve been looking for
I don’t wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don’t wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
‘Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you’ll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you’ll love me
Love me like you’ll never see me again

Oh oh ohh

How many really know what love is?
Millions never will
Do you know until you lose it
That it’s everything that we are looking for
When I wake up in the morning
You’re beside me
I’m so thankful that I found
Everything that I’ve been looking for

I don’t wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don’t wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
‘Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

So everytime you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you’ll never see me again
(can you do that for me baby)
Every time you touch me
(see we don’t really know)
Touch me like this is the last time
(see everyday we never know)
Promise that you’ll love me
(I want you to promise me)
Love me like you’ll never see me again
(like you’ll never see me again)

"

“Like You’ll Never See Me Again” - Alicia Keys

"Yes, I was burned, but I called it a lesson learned."

Alicia Keys - “Lesson Learned”

"Sweeter than wine,
Softer than the summer night
Everything I want I have
Whenever I hold you tight"

“This Magic Moment” - Ben E. King and The Drifters

"It’s beautiful when you find someone that is in love with your mind. Someone that wants to undress your conscience and make love to your thoughts. Someone that wants to watch you slowly take down all the walls you’ve built up around your mind and let them inside."

"And if the angels call your name,
Baby, please tell ‘em that you’ll stay"

“For My Brother” - Jhené Aiko

"

when i wanna wrap you up,
when i kiss your lips,
i wanna make you feel wanted
and i wanna call you mine
wanna hold your hand, forever
and never let you forget it
‘cause baby, i, i wanna make you feel wanted

as good as you make me feel,
i wanna make you feel better

"

hunter hayes

"[…] nothing works, development doesn’t work unless it’s what the people in that community really want. And finding out what they want, instead of just coming in with what you think they need, is the only way anything’s going to get done."

Peace Corps volunteer, Elizabeth Cuadra

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"Every time I inhale, I breathe you in
Every time I exhale, I make more room for you babe"

"I can let my life pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime,
Work it on out this time"

Maxwell