I Seemed To Have A Crush On You

at this point i only need you in my life if you’re here to rail me or kill me. whatever you’re up to

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

Is there a way to grasp what love means without becoming a lover first?

Love cannot be explained. It can only be experienced.

Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.

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

इश्क़

इश्क़ हरा देता है सब को, मैं हारा हुआ हूं

खारे इश्क़ से शक्कर सा मीठा हुआ हूं

ऐ तेज़ हवा ! मैं सूखा पत्ता सामने तेरे हूं

जानता नहीं किस तरफ़ जा कर मैं गिरूं

You were one wish away. But sadly, there were no shooting stars on the night sky

"Loving you is like having sunshine locked in my heart, little rays of love escape me and shine like stars.. oh darling, I feel you even through the dark. And as the sunshine escapes me, it starts to spark.. igniting my soul into precious, flaming liquid art."

You are a day of sunshine darling and you belong in my heart - eUë

Slowly, tenderly, and in ever-growing circles, he moved his palms up from her feet toward her ankles and from there toward her belly. All the while his lips muttered words that sounded like a secret ancient code to Ella. Suddenly she understood. He was praying. While his hands caressed every inch of her body, his eyes remained firmly closed and his lips prayed for her. It was the most spiritual thing she had ever experienced. And although she kept her clothes on, and so did he, and although there was nothing carnal about it, it was the sexiest feeling she had ever experienced.

“Numbing the pain is not the same as healing it,” Master Sameed said. “When the anesthesia wears off, the pain is still there.”

"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