emo love poems and quotes

A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be. ~Nicholas de Chamfort


History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies. ~Frederick Maurice Powicke, Three Lectures


Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase. ~Erma Bombeck


We are everlasting debtors to known and unknown men and women.... When we arise in the morning, we go into the bathroom where we reach for a sponge provided for us by a Pacific Islander. We reach for soap that is created for us by a Frenchman. The towel is provided by a Turk. Then at the table we drink coffee which is provided for us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African. Before we leave for our jobs, we are beholden to more than half the world. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963


Words want to be free! ~Author Unknown


Peace be to you, fear not. ~Genesis 43:23


Children don't read to find their identity, to free themselves from guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology.... They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... When a book is boring, they yawn openly. They don't expect their writer to redeem humanity, but leave to adults such childish illusions. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer


Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. ~Henry David Thoreau


Hunger makes a thief of any man. ~Pearl S. Buck


Were the purportings of the Bible to be a revelation false, it would still be the truest book that was ever written. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827


Cheerleaders are simply a jump above the rest. ~Author Unknown


What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. ~Joseph Addison


Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Mary C. Crowley Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Mary C. Crowley Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Mary C. Crowley


People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote. ~Charlotte Gray


God's interest in the human race is nowhere better evinced than in obstetrics. ~Martin H. Fischer


If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. ~Theodore Dreiser, 1941


At times, challenges hit with the force of a roaring, rushing waterfall. The true test, however, is whether you can put your arms up and enjoy the feel of the water. ~Aviva Kaufman


A leader is a dealer in hope. ~Napoleon Bonaparte


I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. ~Gilda Radner


There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ~Erma Bombeck, I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression