"Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more."

Affection, Growth, Validation, Recognition, Love

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"Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more."

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"I hope you know I love you, not just because I tell you so at every opportunity, but because I show you so as often as the sun sets."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Affection, Love, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational

"Indelible, adj.That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever."

David Levithan, American Author

Affection, Memory, Surprise, Love

"I want to undress you, vulgarize you a bit."

Henry Miller, American Author

Affection, Desire, Emotion, Connection

"And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Affection, Smile, Emotion, Connection

"Lift your hips for me, love."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

Affection, Request, Trust, Sensitivity

"I love the way she feels inthe curve of my arm. I loveher unpretentious beauty,her intelligence, her nerve.But could I ever love her?The concept of falling in loveis completely foreign, somethingI can't bring myself to accept. Her hair pillows my cheek and her hand on my leg is warm. I care about you, Conner, and I hate to see you hurting. I want to respond but can'tfind the pretty words I need."

Ellen Hopkins, American Novelist

Affection, Love, Fear, Emotion

"Juliette." I close my eyes. He says, "I don't want you to call me Warner anymore." I open my eyes. "I want you to know me," he says, breathless, his fingers pushing a stray strand of hair away from my face. "I don't want to be Warner with you," he says. "I want it to be different now. I want you to call me Aaron."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

Affection, Identity, Trust, Change

"Skin to skinSalt on your skinWave after wave An eruption of emotions."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Affection, Passion, Emotion, Love, Desire

"When i write of you, my deari am holding youin the most exquisiteways."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Affection, Love, Emotion, Art

"Sometimes there aren't words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms around him."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Affection, Silence, Emotion, Connection, Love

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"Some days I feel like I will die for them. Some days, with them."

Devotion, Intensity, Love, Sacrifice

"I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all."

Isolation, Solitude, Distance, People, Peace

"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."

Creation, Love, Effort, Commitment

"There are institutions filled with people who talk to god. we've labeled and drugged them."

Critique, Religion, Madness, Society, Truth

"The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil."

Activism, Action, Protest, Presence

"Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors."

Critique, Religion, Oppression, Control, Power

"I never begin my writings with talent. i begin them with strong emotions and liquor. they finish with talent."

Writing, Talent, Emotion, Liquor, Beginning

"I need my eulogy to look better than my resume. I'm living for that."

Legacy, Life, Identity, Meaning

"The masters and overseers were so good at employee development, in their absence, the employees still achieved the company's mission."

Management, Leadership, Discipline, Legacy, Work

"America. Where property damage is a greater offense than genocide."

Justice, America, Property, Genocide, Offense