Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Sometimes the most difficult decision is to not martyr yourself for someone, but instead to choose to live for them. Because of them.

Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.

We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.

There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.

There is no love without sacrifices.

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.

You did what you did out of love. I can't be mad at you over that. It was stupid, but that's how love is. Do you have any idea what I'd do for you? To keep you safe?

Sacrifice, that's what we do for the people we love.

Words, vows, gifts, tears, and love's full sacrifice, He offers in another's enterprise; But more in Troilus thousand-fold I see Than in the glass of Pandar's praise may be, Yet hold I off.

When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.

....Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my very soul to do it.

I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.

Hanajima: To truly love someone is to always put thier feelings before your own...No matter what.

If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.

A human’s love. I couldn’t wish anything better for him. Animals protect what they know. They protect what they are bound to, but humans…humans have a greater capacity for sacrifice for those who live in their hearts. (Aristotle)

...there is power in self-sacrifice.

The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.

Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends.

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

You're ever song I have ever sung. I'll never let anything hurt you again. For the first time in my life, my dreams aren't about me. They're about you." -Jax

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.