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Even before I was touched, I belonged to you; All you had to do was to look at me.
— Louise Glück, from Poems 1962-2012; "The Burning Heart"
I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.
— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current’s too overpowering; I don’t have any choice. It may very well be a special place, some place I’ve never seen before. Danger may be lurking there, something that may end up wounding me deeply, fatally. I might end up losing everything. But there’s no turning back. I can only go with the flow. Even if it means I’ll be burned up, gone forever.
— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?
— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
Understanding is but the sum of our misunderstandings.
— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
Percy Bysshe Shelley, from “Prometheus Unbound”
Sputnik Sweetheart made her think of Laika, the dog. The man-made satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. The dark, lustrous eyes of the dog gazing out the tiny window. In the infinite loneliness of space, what could the dog possibly be looking at?
— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
Love can't cure a mental illness.
— Heartstopper, Alice Oseman
You can just be there. To listen. To talk. To cheer him up if he's having a bad day. And on the bad days, you can ask what you can do to make things easier. Standing by his side, even when things are hard. But also knowing that...sometimes people need more support than one person can give. That's love, darling.
— Heartstopper, Alice Oseman
He was a man of black and white.
And she was colour. All the colour he had.
A man called Ove, Fredrick Backman
Until it was nothing more than a gray paper moon, hanging in the sky.
1Q84, Haruki Murakami, Book 3
I hated you for a long time. From the time I was little, I used to think that I didn't belong in such a miserable little place, that I was someone who deserved to be in more comfortable circumstances. I felt it was unfair for you to treat me as you did. My classmates all seemed to be living happy, satisfying lives. Kids whose gifts and talents were far inferior to mine were having much kore fun than I was every day. I used to seriously wish that you were not my father. I imagined that this had to he some mistake; you couldn't possibly be my real father; there couldn't be any blood relationship.
—Tengo
Haruki Murakami, 1Q84, Book 2
I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.
—Tengo
Haruki Murakami, 1Q84, Book 2
I finally realized that I need her, that I want to see her and talk to her about all kinds of things. But I haven't been able to track her down. I suppose I should have started looking for her a lot sooner. It might have been much easier then.
—Tengo
Haruki Murakami, 1Q84, Book 2
I hate you because I love you.
I hate you because I love you.
"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."
–Aomame
—Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
I love you, Dexter, so much.
I just don't like you anymore.
—One Day
Whatever happens tomorrow
We've had today
—One Day
"It's just that I need to speak to someone.
Not someone. You"
—One Day
“She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy”
—One Day
خدا نے بنایا کیا خوب ماشااللہ تمھیں
Khuda ne banana kya khoob mashallah tumhe
God has made you so beautifully, mashallah
Mohabbat karne wale kam na honge,
Teri mehfil mein lekin hum na honge.
گئے موسم میں جو کِھلتے تھے گلابوں کی طرح
دل پہ اُتریں گے وہی خواب عذابوں کی طرح
Like roses that bloomed last season
The same dreams will descend on the heart like torments
_Parveen Shakir // پروین شاکر
चुपके चुपके रात दिन आँसू बहाना याद हैं
हम को अब तक आशिकी का वो ज़माना याद हैं
I still recall when first I fell in love
The silent tears I shed, all night, all day.
~ Hasrat Mohani, Translated by Ralph Russell
We pretend we don't exist anymore.
We aren't "us" now
I roam around with memories of someone
~Atmaparichay, Harivansh Rai Bachchan
In your memories, I am drunk on the poison named Love
मैं जग-जीवन का भार लिए फिरता हूँ ,
फिर भी जीवन में प्यार लिए फिरता हूँ ;
कर दिया किसी ने झंकृत जिनको छु कर
मैं साँसों के दो तार लिए फिरता हूँ !
I live with the burden of the world
Yet, I live with love in my life
Someone's love has touch
The two strings of my breath
~आत्म परिचय- हरिवंश राय बच्चन
~Aatmaparichay, Harivansh Rai Bachchan
I seemed to have a crush on you
Even when it's forbidden and you know the truth
I pretend I do not look at you
With fondness and nothing new