Illustrations by George Wright

I unpacked my things and went down to await luncheon.

It was good to be here again in this little old sleepy hostel by the sea. Hostel I say, though it spelt itself without an «s» and even placed a circumflex above the «o.» It made no other pretension. It was very cozy indeed.

I had been here just a year before, in mid-February, after an attack of influenza. And now I had returned, after an attack of influenza. Nothing was changed. It had been raining when I left, and the waiter—there was but a single, a very old waiter—had told me it was only a shower. That waiter was still here, not a day older. And the shower had not ceased.

Steadfastly it fell on to the sands, steadfastly into the iron-gray sea. I stood looking out at it from the windows of the hall, admiring it very much. There seemed to be little else to do. What little there was I did. I mastered the contents of a blue hand-bill which, pinned to the wall just beneath the framed engraving of Queen Victoria’s Coronation, gave token of a concert that was to be held—or, rather, was to have been held some weeks ago—in the town hall for the benefit of the Life-Boat Fund. I looked at the barometer, tapped it, was not the wiser. I wandered to the letter-board.

These letter-boards always fascinate me. Usually some two or three of the envelops stuck into the cross-garterings have a certain newness and freshness. They seem sure they will yet be claimed. Why not? Why should n’t John Doe, Esq., or Mrs. Richard Roe turn up at any moment? I do not know. I can only say that nothing in the world seems to me more unlikely. Thus it is that these young bright envelops touch my heart even more than do their dusty and sallowed seniors. Sour resignation is less touching than impatience for what will not be, than the eagerness that has to wane and wither. Soured beyond measure these old envelops are. They are not nearly so nice as they should be to the young ones. They lose no chance of sneering and discouraging. Such dialogues as this are only too frequent:

A Very Young Envelop: Something in me whispers that he will come to-day!

A Very Old Envelop: He? Well, that’s good! Ha, ha, ha! Why did n’t he come last week, when you came? What reason have you for supposing he ‘ll ever come now? It is n’t as if he were a frequenter of the place. He’s never been here. His name is utterly unknown here. You don’t suppose he’s coming on the chance of finding you?

A. V. Y. E.: It may seem silly, but—something in me whispers—

A. V. O. E.: Something in you? One has only to look at you to see there’s nothing in you but a note scribbled to him by a cousin. Look at ME! There are three sheets, closely written, in me. The lady to whom I am addressed—

A. V. Y. E.: Yes, sir, yes; you told me all about her yesterday.

A. V. O. E.: And I shall do so to-day and to-morrow and every day and all day long. That young lady was a widow. She stayed here many times. She was delicate, and the air suited her. She was poor, and the tariff was just within her means. She was lonely, and had need of love. I have in me for her a passionate avowal and strictly honorable proposal, written to her, after many rough copies, by a gentleman who had made her acquaintance under this very roof. He was rich, he was charming, he was in the prime of life. He had asked if he might write to her. She had flutteringly granted his request. He posted me to her the day after his return to London. I looked forward to being torn open by her. I was very sure she would wear me and my contents next to her bosom. She was gone. She had left no address. She never returned. This I tell you, and shall continue to tell you, not because I want any of your callow sympathy,—no, thank you!—but that you may judge how much less than slight are the probabilities that you yourself—

But my reader has overheard these dialogues as often as I. He wants to know what was odd about this particular letter-board before which I was standing. At first glance I saw nothing odd about it. But presently I distinguished a handwriting that was vaguely familiar. It was mine. I stared, I wondered. There is always a slight shock in seeing an envelop of one’s own after it has gone through the post. It looks as if it had gone through so much. But this was the first time I had ever seen an envelop of mine eating its heart out in bondage on a letter-board. This was outrageous. This was hardly to be believed. Sheer kindness had impelled me to write to «A. V. Laider, Esq.,» and this was the result! I had n’t minded receiving no answer. Only now, indeed, did I remember that I had n’t received one. In multitudinous London the memory of A. V. Laider and his trouble had soon passed from my mind. But—well, what a lesson not to go out of one’s way to write to casual acquaintances!

My envelop seemed not to recognize me as its writer. Its gaze was the more piteous for being blank. Even so had I once been gazed at by a dog that I had lost and, after many days, found in the Battersea Home. «I don’t know who you are, but, whoever you are, claim me, take me out of this!» That was my dog’s appeal. This was the appeal of my envelop.

I raised my hand to the letter-board, meaning to effect a swift and lawless rescue, but paused at sound of a footstep behind me. The old waiter had come to tell me that my luncheon was ready. I followed him out of the hall, not, however, without a bright glance across my shoulder to reassure the little captive that I should come back.

I had the sharp appetite of the convalescent, and this the sea air had whetted already to a finer edge. In touch with a dozen oysters, and with stout, I soon shed away the unreasoning anger I had felt against A. V. Laider. I became merely sorry for him that he had not received a letter which might perhaps have comforted him. In touch with cutlets, I felt how sorely he had needed comfort. And anon, by the big bright fireside of that small dark smoking-room where, a year ago, on the last evening of my stay here, he and I had at length spoken to each other, I reviewed in detail the tragic experience he had told me; and I simply reveled in reminiscent sympathy with him.

A. V. Laider —I had looked him up in the visitors’-book on the night of his arrival. I myself had arrived the day before, and had been rather sorry there was no one else staying here. A convalescent by the sea likes to have some one to observe, to wonder about, at meal-time. I was glad when, on my second evening, I found seated at the table opposite to mine another guest. I was the gladder because he was just the right kind of guest. He was enigmatic. By this I mean that he did not look soldierly or financial or artistic or anything definite at all. He offered a clean slate for speculation. And, thank heaven! he evidently was n’t going to spoil the fun by engaging me in conversation later on. A decently unsociable man, anxious to be left alone.

The heartiness of his appetite, in contrast with his extreme fragility of aspect and limpness of demeanor, assured me that he, too, had just had influenza. I liked him for that. Now and again our eyes met and were instantly parted. We managed, as a rule, to observe each other indirectly. I was sure it was not merely because he had been ill that he looked interesting. Nor did it seem to me that a spiritual melancholy, though I imagined him sad at the best of times, was his sole asset. I conjectured that he was clever. I thought he might also be imaginative. At first glance I had mistrusted him. A shock of white hair, combined with a young face and dark eyebrows, does somehow make a man look like a charlatan. But it is foolish to be guided by an accident of color. I had soon rejected my first impression of my fellow-diner. I found him very sympathetic.

Anywhere but in England it would be impossible for two solitary men, howsoever much reduced by influenza, to spend five or six days in the same hostel and not exchange a single word. That is one of the charms of England. Had Laider and I been born and bred in any other land than Eng we should have become acquainted before the end of our first evening in the small smoking-room, and have found ourselves irrevocably committed to go on talking to each other throughout the rest of our visit. We might, it is true, have happened to like each other more than any one we had ever met. This off chance may have occurred to us both. But it counted for nothing against the certain surrender of quietude and liberty. We slightly bowed to each other as we entered or left the dining-room or smoking-room, and as we met on the wide-spread sands or in the shop that had a small and faded circulating library. That was all. Our mutual aloofness was a positive bond between us.

Had he been much older than I, the responsibility for our silence would of course have been his alone. But he was not, I judged, more than five or six years ahead of me, and thus I might without impropriety have taken it on myself to perform that hard and perilous feat which English people call, with a shiver, «breaking the ice.» He had reason, therefore, to be as grateful to me as I to him. Each of us, not the less frankly because silently, recognized his obligation to the other. And when, on the last evening of my stay, the ice actually was broken there was no ill-will between us: neither of us was to blame.

It was a Sunday evening. I had been out for a long last walk and had come in very late to dinner. Laider had left his table almost directly after I sat down to mine. When I entered the smoking-room I found him reading a weekly review which I had bought the day before. It was a crisis. He could not silently offer nor could I have silently accepted, sixpence. It was a crisis. We faced it like men. He made, by word of mouth, a graceful apology. Verbally, not by signs, I besought him to go on reading. But this, of course, was a vain counsel of perfection. The social code forced us to talk now. We obeyed it like men. To reassure him that our position was not so desperate as it might seem, I took the earliest opportunity to mention that I was going away early next morning. In the tone of his «Oh, are you?» he tried bravely to imply that he was sorry, even now, to hear that. In a way, perhaps, he really was sorry. We had got on so well together, he and I. Nothing could efface the memory of that. Nay, we seemed to be hitting it off even now. Influenza was not our sole theme. We passed from that to the aforesaid weekly review, and to a correspondence that was raging therein on faith and reason.

This correspondence had now reached its fourth and penultimate stage—its Australian stage. It is hard to see why these correspondences spring up; one only knows that they do spring up, suddenly, like street crowds. There comes, it would seem, a moment when the whole English-speaking race is unconsciously bursting to have its say about some one thing—the split infinitive, or the habits of migratory birds, or faith and reason, or what-not. Whatever weekly review happens at such a moment to contain a reference, however remote, to the theme in question reaps the storm. Gusts of letters come in from all corners of the British Isles. These are presently reinforced by Canada in full blast. A few weeks later the Anglo-Indians weigh in. In due course we have the help of our Australian cousins. By that time, however, we of the mother country have got our second wind, and so determined are we to make the most of it that at last even the editor suddenly loses patience and says, «This correspondence must now cease.—Ed.» and wonders why on earth he ever allowed anything so tedious and idiotic to begin.

I pointed out to Laider one of the Australian letters that had especially pleased me in the current issue. It was from «A Melbourne Man,» and was of the abrupt kind which declares that «all your correspondents have been groping in the dark» and then settles the whole matter in one short sharp flash. The flash in this instance was «Reason is faith, faith reason—that is all we know on earth and all we need to know.» The writer then inclosed his card and was, etc., «A Melbourne Man.» I said to Laider how very restful it was, after influenza, to read anything that meant nothing whatsoever. Laider was inclined to take the letter more seriously than I, and to be mildly metaphysical. I said that for me faith and reason were two separate things, and as I am no good at metaphysics, however mild, I offered a definite example, to coax the talk on to ground where I should be safer.

«Palmistry, for example,» I said. «Deep down in my heart I believe in palmistry.»

Laider turned in his chair.

«You believe in palmistry?»

«Yes, somehow I do. Why? I have n’t the slightest notion. I can give myself all sorts of reasons for laughing it to scorn. My common sense utterly rejects it. Of course the shape of the hand means something, is more or less an index of character. But the idea that my past and future are neatly mapped out on my palms—» I shrugged my shoulders.

«You don’t like that idea?» asked Laider in his gentle, rather academic voice.

«I only say it’s a grotesque idea.»

«Yet you do believe in it?»

«I ‘ve a grotesque belief in it, yes.»

«Are you sure your reason for calling this idea ‘grotesque’ is n’t merely that you dislike it?»

«Well,» I said, with the thrilling hope that he was a companion in absurdity, «does n’t it seem grotesque to you?»

«It seems strange.»

«You believe in it?»

He smiled at my pleasure, and I, at the risk of reëntanglement in metaphysics, claimed him as standing shoulder to shoulder with me against «A Melbourne Man.» This claim he gently disputed.

«You may think me very prosaic,» he said, «but I can’t believe without evidence.»

«Well, I’m equally prosaic and equally at a disadvantage: I can’t take my own belief as evidence, and I ‘ve no other evidence to go on.»

He asked me if I had ever made a study of palmistry. I said I had read one of Desbarolles’s books years ago, and one of Heron-Allen’s. But, he asked, had I tried to test them by the lines on my own hands or on the hands of my friends? I confessed that my actual practice in palmistry had been of a merely passive kind—the prompt extension of my palm to any one who would be so good as to «read» it and truckle for a few minutes to my egoism. (I hoped Laider might do this.)

«Then I almost wonder,» he said, with his sad smile, «that you have n’t lost your belief, after all the nonsense you must have heard. There are so many young girls who go in for palmistry. I am sure all the five foolish virgins were ‘awfully keen on it’ and used to say, ‘You can be led, but not driven,’ and, ‘You are likely to have a serious illness between the ages of forty and forty-five,’ and, ‘You are by nature rather lazy, but can be very energetic by fits and starts.’ And most of the professionals, I’m told, are as silly as the young girls.»

For the honor of the profession, I named three practitioners whom I had found really good at reading character. He asked whether any of them had been right about past events. I confessed that, as a matter of fact, all three of them had been right in the main. This seemed to amuse him. He asked whether any of them had predicted anything which had since come true. I confessed that all three had predicted that I should do several things which I had since done rather unexpectedly. He asked if I did n’t accept this as, at any rate, a scrap of evidence. I said I could only regard it as a fluke—a rather remarkable fluke.

The superiority of his sad smile was beginning to get on my nerves. I wanted him to see that he was as absurd as I.

«Suppose,» I said—»suppose, for the sake of argument, that you and I are nothing but helpless automata created to do just this and that, and to have just that and this done to us. Suppose, in fact, we have n’t any free will whatsoever. Is it likely or conceivable that the Power which fashioned us would take the trouble to jot down in cipher on our hands just what was in store for us?»

Laider did not answer this question; he did but annoyingly ask me another.

«You believe in free will?»

«Yes, of course. I ‘ll be hanged if I’m an automaton.»

«And you believe in free will just as in palmistry—without any reason?»

«Oh, no. Everything points to our having free will.»

«Everything? What, for instance?»

This rather cornered me. I dodged out, as lightly as I could, by saying:

«I suppose you would say it’s written in my hand that I should be a believer in free will.»

«Ah, I ‘ve no doubt it is.»

I held out my palms. But, to my great disappointment, he looked quickly away from them. He had ceased to smile. There was agitation in his voice as he explained that he never looked at people’s hands now. «Never now—never again.» He shook his head as though to beat off some memory.

I was much embarrassed by my indiscretion. I hastened to tide over the awkward moment by saying that if I could read hands I would n’t, for fear of the awful things I might see there.

«Awful things, yes,» he whispered, nodding at the fire.

«Not,» I said in self-defense, «that there’s anything very awful, so far as I know, to be read in my hands.»

He turned his gaze from the fire to me.

«You are n’t a murderer, for example?»

«Oh, no,» I replied, with a nervous laugh.

This was a more than awkward, it was a painful, moment for me; and I am afraid I must have started or winced, for he instantly begged my pardon.

«I don’t know,» he exclaimed, «why I said it. I’m usually a very reticent man. But sometimes—» He pressed his brow. «What you must think of me!»

I begged him to dismiss the matter from his mind.

«It’s very good of you to say that; but—I ‘ve placed myself as well as you in a false position. I ask you to believe that I’m not the sort of man who is ‘wanted’ or ever was ‘wanted’ by the police. I should be bowed out of any police-station at which I gave myself up. I’m not a murderer in any bald sense of the word. No.»

My face must have perceptibly brightened, for, «Ah,» he said, «don’t imagine I’m not a murderer at all. Morally, I am.» He looked at the clock. I pointed out that the night was young. He assured me that his story was not a long one. I assured him that I hoped it was. He said I was very kind. I denied this. He warned me that what he had to tell might rather tend to stiffen my unwilling faith in palmistry, and to shake my opposite and cherished faith in free will. I said, «Never mind.» He stretched his hands pensively toward the fire. I settled myself back in my chair.

«My hands,» he said, staring at the backs of them, «are the hands of a very weak man. I dare say you know enough of palmistry to see that for yourself. You notice the slightness of the thumbs and of he two ‘little’ fingers. They are the hands of a weak and over-sensitive man—a man without confidence, a man who would certainly waver in an emergency. Rather Hamletish hands,» he mused. «And I’m like Hamlet in other respects, too: I’m no fool, and I ‘ve rather a noble disposition, and I’m unlucky. But Hamlet was luckier than I in one thing: he was a murderer by accident, whereas the murders that I committed one day fourteen years ago—for I must tell you it was n’t one murder, but many murders that I committed—were all of them due to the wretched inherent weakness of my own wretched self.

«I was twenty-six—no, twenty-seven years old, and rather a nondescript person, as I am now. I was supposed to have been called to the bar. In fact, I believe I had been called to the bar. I had n’t listened to the call. I never intended to practise, and I never did practise. I only wanted an excuse in the eyes of the world for existing. I suppose the nearest I have ever come to practicing is now at this moment: I am defending a murderer. My father had left me well enough provided with money. I was able to go my own desultory way, riding my hobbies where I would. I had a good stableful of hobbies. Palmistry was one of them. I was rather ashamed of this one. It seemed to me absurd, as it seems to you. Like you, though, I believed in it. Unlike you, I had done more than merely read a book about it. I had read innumerable books about it. I had taken casts of all my friends’ hands. I had tested and tested again the points at which Desbarolles dissented from the Gipsies, and—well, enough that I had gone into it all rather thoroughly, and was as sound a palmist, as a man may be without giving his whole life to palmistry.

«One of the first things I had seen in my own hand, as soon as I had learned to read it, was that at about the age of twenty-six I should have a narrow escape from death—from a violent death. There was a clean break in the life-line, and a square joining it—the protective square, you know. The markings were precisely the same in both hands. It was to be the narrowest escape possible. And I was n’t going to escape without injury, either. That is what bothered me. There was a faint line connecting the break in the lifeline with a star on the line of health. Against that star was another square. I was to recover from the injury, whatever it might be. Still, I did n’t exactly look forward to it. Soon after I had reached the age of twenty-five, I began to feel uncomfortable. The thing might be going to happen at any moment. In palmistry, you know, it is impossible to pin an event down hard and fast to one year. This particular event was to be when I was about twenty-six; it might n’t be till I was twenty-seven; it might be while I was only twenty-five.

«And I used to tell myself it might n’t be at all. My reason rebelled against the whole notion of palmistry, just as yours does. I despised my faith in the thing, just as you despise yours. I used to try not to be so ridiculously careful as I was whenever I crossed a street. I lived in London at that time. Motor-cars had not yet come in, but—what hours, all told, I must have spent standing on curbs, very circumspect, very lamentable! It was a pity, I suppose, that I had no definite occupation—something to take me out of myself. I was one of the victims of private means. There came a time when I drove in four-wheelers rather than in hansoms, and was doubtful of four-wheelers. Oh, I assure you, I was very lamentable indeed.

«If a railway-journey could be avoided, I avoided it. My uncle had a place in Hampshire. I was very fond of him and of his wife. Theirs was the only house I ever went to stay in now. I was there for a week in November, not long after my twenty-seventh birthday. There were other people staying there, and at the end of the week we all traveled back to London together. There were six of us in the carriage: Colonel Elbourn and his wife and their daughter, a girl of seventeen; and another married couple, the Bretts. I had been at Winchester with Brett, but had hardly seen him since that time. He was in the Indian Civil, and was home on leave. He was sailing for India next week. His wife was to remain in England for some months, and then join him out there. They had been married five years. She was now just twenty-four years old. He told me that this was her age. The Elbourns I had never met before. They were charming people. We had all been very happy together. The only trouble had been that on the last night, at dinner, my uncle asked me if I still went in for ‘the Gipsy business,’ as he always called it; and of course the three ladies were immensely excited, and implored me to ‘do’ their hands. I told them it was all nonsense, I said I had forgotten all I once knew, I made various excuses; and the matter dropped. It was quite true that I had given up reading hands. I avoided anything that might remind me of what was in my own hands. And so, next morning, it was a great bore to me when, soon after the train started, Mrs. Elbourn said it would be ‘too cruel’ of me if I refused to do their hands now. Her daughter and Mrs. Brett also said it would be ‘brutal’; and they were all taking off their gloves, and—well, of course I had to give in.

«I went to work methodically on Mrs. Elbourn’s hands, in the usual way, you know, first sketching the character from the backs of them; and there was the usual hush, broken by the usual little noises—grunts of assent from the husband, cooings of recognition from the daughter. Presently I asked to see the palms, and from them I filled in the details of Mrs. Elbourn’s character before going on to the events in her life. But while I talked I was calculating how old Mrs. Elbourn might be. In my first glance at her palms I had seen that she could not have been less than twenty-five when she married. The daughter was seventeen. Suppose the daughter had been born a year later—how old would the mother be? Forty-three, yes. Not less than that, poor woman!»

Laider looked at me.

«Why ‘poor woman!’ you wonder? Well, in that first glance I had seen other things than her marriage-line. I had seen a very complete break in the lines of life and of fate. I had seen violent death there. At what age? Not later, not possibly later, than forty-three. While I talked to her about the things that had happened in her girlhood, the back of my brain was hard at work on those marks of catastrophe. I was horribly wondering that she was still alive. It was impossible that between her and that catastrophe there could be more than a few short months. And all the time I was talking; and I suppose I acquitted myself well, for I remember that when I ceased I had a sort of ovation from the Elbourns.

«It was a relief to turn to another pair of hands. Mrs. Brett was an amusing young creature, and her hands were very characteristic, and prettily odd in form. I allowed myself to be rather whimsical about her nature, and having begun in that vein, I went on in it, somehow, even after she had turned her palms. In those palms were reduplicated the signs I had seen in Mrs. Elbourn’s. It was as though they had been copied neatly out. The only difference was in the placing of them; and it was this difference that was the most horrible point. The fatal age in Mrs. Brett’s hands was—not past, no, for here she was. But she might have died when she was twenty-one. Twenty-three seemed to be the utmost span. She was twenty-four, you know.

«I have said that I am a weak man. And you will have good proof of that directly. Yet I showed a certain amount of strength that day—yes, even on that day which has humiliated and saddened the rest of my life. Neither my face nor my voice betrayed me when in the palms of Dorothy Elbourn I was again confronted with those same signs. She was all for knowing the future, poor child! I believe I told her all manner of things that were to be. And she had no future—none, none in this world—except—

«And then, while I talked, there came to me suddenly a suspicion. I wondered it had n’t come before. You guess what it was? It made me feel very cold and strange. I went on talking. But, also, I went on—quite separately—thinking. The suspicion was n’t a certainty. This mother and daughter were always together. What was to befall the one might anywhere—anywhere—befall the other. But a like fate, in an equally near future, was in store for that other lady. The coincidence was curious, very. Here we all were together—here, they and I—I who was narrowly to escape, so soon now, what they, so soon now, were to suffer. Oh, there was an inference to be drawn. Not a sure inference, I told myself. And always I was talking, talking, and the train was swinging and swaying noisily along—to what? It was a fast train. Our carriage was near the engine. I was talking loudly. Full well I had known what I should see in the colonel’s hands. I told myself I had not known. I told myself that even now the thing I dreaded was not sure to be. Don’t think I was dreading it for myself. I was n’t so ‘lamentable’ as all that—now. It was only of them that I thought—only for them. I hurried over the colonel’s character and career; I was perfunctory. It was Brett’s hands that I wanted. They were the hands that mattered. If they had the marks— Remember, Brett was to start for India in the coming week, his wife was to remain in England. They would be apart. Therefore—

«And the marks were there. And I did nothing—nothing but hold forth on the subtleties of Brett’s character. There was a thing for me to do. I wanted to do it. I wanted to spring to the window and pull the communication-cord. Quite a simple thing to do. Nothing easier than to stop a train. You just give a sharp pull, and the train slows down, comes to a standstill. And the guard appears at your window. You explain to the guard.

«Nothing easier than to tell him there is going to be a collision. Nothing easier than to insist that you and your friends and every other passenger in the train must get out at once. There are easier things than this? Things that need less courage than this? Some of them I could have done, I dare say. This thing I was going to do. Oh, I was determined that I would do it—directly.

«I had said all I had to say about Brett’s hands. I had brought my entertainment to an end. I had been thanked and complimented all round. I was quite at liberty. I was going to do what I had to do. I was determined, yes.

«We were near the outskirts of London. The air was gray, thickening; and Dorothy Elbourn had said: ‘Oh, this horrible old London! I suppose there’s the same old fog!’ And presently I heard her father saying something about ‘prevention’ and ‘a short act of Parliament’ and ‘anthracite.’ And I sat and listened and agreed and—»

Laider closed his eyes. He passed his hand slowly through the air.

«I had a racking headache. And when I said so, I was told not to talk. I was in bed, and the nurses were always telling me not to talk. I was in a hospital. I knew that; but I did n’t know why I was there. One day I thought I should like to know why, and so I asked. I was feeling much better now. They told me by degrees that I had had concussion of the brain. I had been brought there unconscious, and had remained unconscious for forty-eight hours. I had been in an accident—a railway-accident. This seemed to me odd. I had arrived quite safely at my uncle’s place, and I had no memory of any journey since that. In cases of concussion, you know, it’s not uncommon for the patient to forget all that happened just before the accident; there may be a blank for several hours. So it was in my case. One day my uncle was allowed to come and see me. And somehow, suddenly, at sight of him, the blank was filled in. I remembered, in a flash, everything. I was quite calm, though. Or I made myself seem so, for I wanted to know how the collision had happened. My uncle told me that the engine-driver had failed to see a signal because of the fog, and our train had crashed into a goods-train.

«I did n’t ask him about the people who were with me. You see, there was no need to ask.

«Very gently my uncle began to tell me, but—I had begun to talk strangely, I suppose. I remember the frightened look of my uncle’s face, and the nurse scolding him in whispers.

«After that, all a blur. It seems that I became very ill indeed, was n’t expected to live.

There was a long silence. Laider did not look at me, nor I at him. The fire was burning low, and he watched it.

At length he spoke:

«You despise me. Naturally. I despise myself.»

«No, I don’t despise you; but—»

«You blame me.» I did not meet his gaze. «You blame me,» he repeated.

«And there, if I may say so, you are a little unjust. It is n’t my fault that I was born weak.»

«But a man may conquer his weakness.»

«Yes, if he is endowed with the strength for that.»

His fatalism drew from me a gesture of disgust.

«Do you really mean,» I asked, «that because you did n’t pull that cord, you could n’t have pulled it?»

«And it’s written in your hands that you could n’t?»

He looked at the palms of his hands.

«They are the hands of a very weak man,» he said.

«A man so weak that he cannot believe in the possibility of free will for himself or for any one?»

«They are the hands of an intelligent man, who can weigh evidence and see things as they are.»

«But answer me: Was it foreordained that you should not pull that cord?»

«It was foreordained.»

«And was it actually marked in your hands that you were not going to pull it?»

«Ah, well, you see, it is rather the things one is going to do that are actually marked. The things one is n’t going to do,—the innumerable negative things,—how could one expect them to be marked?»

«But the consequences of what one leaves undone may be positive?»

«Horribly positive. My hand is the hand of a man who has suffered a great deal in later life.»

«And was it the hand of a man destined to suffer?»

«Oh, yes. I thought I told you that.»

There was a pause.

«Well,» I said, with awkward sympathy, «I suppose all hands are the hands of people destined to suffer.»

«Not of people destined to suffer so much as I have suffered—as I still suffer.»

The insistence of his self-pity chilled me, and I harked back to a question he had not straightly answered.

«Tell me: Was it marked in your hands that you were not going to pull that cord?»

Again he looked at his hands, and then, having pressed them for a moment to his face, «It was marked very clearly,» he answered, «in their hands.»

Two or three days after this colloquy there had occurred to me in London an idea—an ingenious and comfortable doubt. How was Laider to be sure that his brain, recovering from concussion, had remembered what happened in the course of that railway-journey? How was he to know that his brain had n’t simply, in its abeyance, invented all this for him? It might be that he had never seen those signs in those hands. Assuredly, here was a bright loophole. I had forthwith written to Laider, pointing it out.

This was the letter which now, at my second visit, I had found miserably pent on the letter-board. I remembered my promise to rescue it. I arose from the retaining fireside, stretched my arms, yawned, and went forth to fulfil my Christian purpose. There was no one in the hall. The «shower» had at length ceased. The sun had positively come out, and the front door had been thrown open in its honor. Everything along the sea-front was beautifully gleaming, drying, shimmering. But I was not to be diverted from my purpose. I went to the letter-board. And—my letter was not there! Resourceful and plucky little thing—it had escaped! I did hope it would not be captured and brought back. Perhaps the alarm had already been raised by the tolling of that great bell which warns the inhabitants for miles around that a letter has broken loose from the letter-board. I had a vision of my envelop skimming wildly along the coast-line, pursued by the old, but active, waiter and a breathless pack of local worthies. I saw it outdistancing them all, dodging past coast-guards, doubling on its tracks, leaping breakwaters, unluckily injuring itself, losing speed, and at last, in a splendor of desperation, taking to the open sea. But suddenly I had another idea. Perhaps Laider had returned?

He had. I espied afar on the sands a form that was recognizably, by the listless droop of it, his. I was glad and sorry—rather glad, because he completed the scene of last year; and very sorry, because this time we should be at each other’s mercy: no restful silence and liberty for either of us this time. Perhaps he had been told I was here, and had gone out to avoid me while he yet could. Oh weak, weak! Why palter? I put on my hat and coat, and marched out to meet him.

«Influenza, of course?» we asked simultaneously.

There is a limit to the time which one man may spend in talking to another about his own influenza; and presently, as we paced the sands, I felt that Laider had passed this limit. I wondered that he did n’t break off and thank me now for my letter. He must have read it. He ought to have thanked me for it at once. It was a very good letter, a remarkable letter. But surely he was n’t waiting to answer it by post? His silence about it gave me the absurd sense of having taken a liberty, confound him! He was evidently ill at ease while he talked. But it was n’t for me to help him out of his difficulty, whatever that might be. It was for him to remove the strain imposed on myself.

Abruptly, after a long pause, he did now manage to say:

«It was—very good of you to—to write me that letter.» He told me he had only just got it, and he drifted away into otiose explanations of this fact. I thought he might at least say it was a remarkable letter; and you can imagine my annoyance when he said, after another interval, «I was very much touched indeed.» I had wished to be convincing, not touching. I can’t bear to be called touching.

«Don’t you,» I asked, «think it is quite possible that your brain invented all those memories of what—what happened before that accident?»

He drew a sharp sigh.

«You make me feel very guilty.»

«That’s exactly what I tried to make you not feel!»

«I know, yes. That’s why I feel so guilty.»

We had paused in our walk. He stood nervously prodding the hard wet sand with his walking-stick.

«In a way,» he said, «your theory was quite right. But—it did n’t go far enough. It’s not only possible, it’s a fact, that I did n’t see those signs in those hands. I never examined those hands. They were n’t there. I was n’t there. I have n’t an uncle in Hampshire, even. I never had.»

I, too, prodded the sand.

«Well,» I said at length, «I do feel rather a fool.»

«I ‘ve no right even to beg your pardon, but—»

«Oh, I’m not vexed. Only—I rather wish you had n’t told me this.»

«I wish I had n’t had to. It was your kindness, you see, that forced me. By trying to take an imaginary load off my conscience, you laid a very real one on it.»

«I’m sorry. But you, of your own free will, you know, exposed your conscience to me last year. I don’t yet quite understand why you did that.»

«No, of course not. I don’t deserve that you should. But I think you will. May I explain? I’m afraid I ‘ve talked a great deal already about my influenza, and I sha’n’t be able to keep it out of my explanation. Well, my weakest point—I told you this last year, but it happens to be perfectly true that my weakest point—is my will. Influenza, as you know, fastens unerringly on one’s weakest point. It does n’t attempt to undermine my imagination. That would be a forlorn hope. I have, alas! a very strong imagination. At ordinary times my imagination allows itself to be governed by my will. My will keeps it in check by constant nagging. But when my will is n’t strong enough even to nag, then my imagination stampedes. I become even as a little child. I tell myself the most preposterous fables, and—the trouble is—I can’t help telling them to my friends. Until I ‘ve thoroughly shaken off influenza, I’m not fit company for any one. I perfectly realize this, and I have the good sense to go right away till I’m quite well again. I come here usually. It seems absurd, but I must confess I was sorry last year when we fell into conversation. I knew I should very soon be letting myself go, or, rather, very soon be swept away. Perhaps I ought to have warned you; but—I’m a rather shy man. And then you mentioned the subject of palmistry. You said you believed in it. I wondered at that. I had once read Desbarolles’s book about it, but I am bound to say I thought the whole thing very great nonsense indeed.»

«Then,» I gasped, «it is n’t even true that you believe in palmistry?»

«Oh, no. But I was n’t able to tell you that. You had begun by saying that you believed in palmistry, and then you proceeded to scoff at it. While you scoffed I saw myself as a man with a terribly good reason for not scoffing; and in a flash I saw the terribly good reason; I had the whole story—at least I had the broad outlines of it—clear before me.»

«You had n’t ever thought of it before?» He shook his head. My eyes beamed. «The whole thing was a sheer improvisation?»

«Yes,» said Laider, humbly, «I am as bad as all that. I don’t say that all the details of the story I told you that evening were filled in at the very instant of its conception. I was filling them in while we talked about palmistry in general, and while I was waiting for the moment when the story would come in most effectively. And I ‘ve no doubt I added some extra touches in the course of the actual telling. Don’t imagine that I took the slightest pleasure in deceiving you. It’s only my will, not my conscience, that is weakened after influenza. I simply can’t help telling what I ‘ve made up, and telling it to the best of my ability. But I’m thoroughly ashamed all the time.»

«Not of your ability, surely?»

«Yes, of that, too,» he said, with his sad smile. «I always feel that I’m not doing justice to my idea.»

«You are too stern a critic, believe me.»

«It is very kind of you to say that. You are very kind altogether. Had I known that you were so essentially a man of the world, in the best sense of that term, I should n’t have so much dreaded seeing you just now and having to confess to you. But I’m not going to take advantage of your urbanity and your easy-going ways. I hope that some day we may meet somewhere when I have n’t had influenza and am a not wholly undesirable acquaintance. As it is, I refuse to let you associate with me. I am an older man than you, and so I may without impertinence warn you against having anything to do with me.»

I deprecated this advice, of course; but for a man of weakened will he showed great firmness.

«You,» he said, «in your heart of hearts, don’t want to have to walk and talk continually with a person who might at any moment try to bamboozle you with some ridiculous tale. And I, for my part, don’t want to degrade myself by trying to bamboozle any one, especially one whom I have taught to see through me. Let the two talks we have had be as though they had not been. Let us bow to each other, as last year, but let that be all. Let us follow in all things the precedent of last year.»

With a smile that was almost gay he turned on his heel, and moved away with a step that was almost brisk. I was a little disconcerted. But I was also more than a little glad. The restfulness of silence, the charm of liberty—these things were not, after all, forfeit. My heart thanked Laider for that; and throughout the week I loyally seconded him in the system he had laid down for us. All was as it had been last year. We did not smile to each other, we merely bowed, when we entered or left the dining-room or smoking-room, and when we met on the wide-spread sands or in that shop which had a small and faded but circulating library.

Once or twice in the course of the week it did occur to me that perhaps Laider had told the simple truth at our first interview and an ingenious lie at our second. I frowned at this possibility. The idea of any one wishing to be quit of me was most distasteful. However, I was to find reassurance. On the last evening of my stay I suggested, in the small smoking-room, that he and I should, as sticklers for precedent, converse. We did so very pleasantly. And after a while I happened to say that I had seen this afternoon a great number of sea-gulls flying close to the shore.

«Sea-gulls?» said Laider, turning in his chair.

«Yes. And I don’t think I had ever realized how extraordinarily beautiful they are when their wings catch the light.»

Laider threw a quick glance at me and away from me.

«You think them beautiful?»

«Well, perhaps they are, yes; I suppose they are. But—I don’t like seeing them. They always remind me of something—rather an awful thing—that once happened to me.»

It was a very awful thing indeed.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1927.

The author died in 1956, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 60 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

Всем парням которых я любила раньше

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

For my sister, Susan—Han girls forever

I like to save things. Not important things like whales or people or the environment. Silly things.

Porcelain bells, the kind you get at souvenir shops. Cookie cutters you’ll never use, because who needs a cookie in the shape of a foot? Ribbons for my hair. Love letters. Of all the things I save, I guess you could say my love letters are my most prized possession.

I keep my letters in a teal hatbox my mom bought me from a vintage store downtown. They aren’t love letters that someone else wrote for me; I don’t have any of those. These are ones I’ve written.

There’s one for every boy I’ve ever loved—five in all.

When I write, I hold nothing back. I write like he’ll never read it. Because he never will. Every secret thought, every careful observation, everything I’ve saved up inside me, I put it all in the letter.

When I’m done, I seal it, I address it, and then I put it in my teal hatbox.

They’re not love letters in the strictest sense of the word. My letters are for when I don’t want to be in love anymore. They’re for good-bye. Because after I write my letter, I’m no longer consumed by my all-consuming love. I can eat my cereal and not wonder if he likes bananas over his Cheerios too; I can sing along to love songs and not be singing them to him. If love is like a possession, maybe my letters are like my exorcisms. My letters set me free. Or at least they’re supposed to.

JOSH IS MARGOT’S BOYFRIEND, BUT I guess you could say my whole family is a little in love with him. It’s hard to say who most of all. Before he was Margot’s boyfriend, he was just Josh. He was always there. I say always, but I guess that’s not true. He moved next door five years ago but it feels like always.

My dad loves Josh because he’s a boy and my dad is surrounded by girls. I mean it: all day long he is surrounded by females. My dad is an ob-gyn, and he also happens to be the father of three daughters, so it’s like girls, girls, girls all day. He also likes Josh because Josh likes comics and he’ll go fishing with him. My dad tried to take us fishing once, and I cried when my shoes got mud on them, and Margot cried when her book got wet, and Kitty cried because Kitty was still practically a baby.

Выражения про любовь и отношения

Для многих из нас тема любви и отношений занимает особое место в жизни. Ведь без этого жизнь была бы неинтересной, скучной и бесцельной. Из-за того, что это одна из наиболее обсуждаемых тем человечества, в языках появилось много выражений и идиом, которые посвящены этому прекрасному чувству. Вспомните про «бабочки в животе», «влюбиться по уши» и т.д. Я уверен, что данная статья будет полезна всем

Английские выражения про отношения.

Hit off – хорошо ладить, гармонировать (выражение подходит тем парам, которые очень легко находят общий язык).

I and my wife can hit it off easily.

(Я и моя жена очень легко ладим друг с другом)

On the rocks – дословно переводится как — «на скалах или камнях», а практически означает — «разрушаться, терпеть крушение» (идиома актуальна в тех случаях, когда взаимоотношения между влюбленными ухудшаются и возрастает вероятность их расставания).

I’m sure our relationships will never be on the rock.

(Я уверен, что наши отношения никогда не испортятся)

Pop the question — глагол «to pop»имеет много значений, но данное выражение означает «внезапно спросить, огорошить вопросом». Поэтому, буквально выражение переводится – «внезапно просить», но правильнее его переводить таким образом– «сделать предложение»(это альтернативный вариант для «просить руку и сердце»).

My brother is going to pop the question to his girlfriend tomorrow.

(Мой брат завтра собирается сделать предложение своей девушке)

Tie the knot – глагол «to tie» означает — связать, а существительное «a knot» — означает – «узел». Выражение означает — сочетаться узами брака, пожениться, выйти замуж (синоним «to marry»).

We want to tie the knot as soon as possible.

(Мы хотим пожениться как можно скорее)

Fall head over heels – если переводить дословно, то – «падение головы вверх тормашками». Получается полный бред, поэтому идиому лучше понимать и переводить так – «по уши влюбиться, быть без ума от кого-то».

My friend is head over heels in love with his classmate girl.

(Мой друг в по уши влюбился в свою однокурсницу)

Puppy love – буквальный перевод – «щенячья любовь». Наверняка вы поняли, что речь идет о наивной «любви» между детьми или подростками, то есть это — подростковая любовь. Как правило, этим выражением можно охарактеризовать первую любовь в жизни.

First I fell in love when I was 13 years old. It was a real puppy love.

(Впервые я влюбилась, когда мне было 13. Это была настоящая «щенячья любовь»)

To settle down– на самом деле трудно перечислять все переводы глагола «to settle», поэтому лучше просто запомнить, что выражение означает –«жениться, выходить в замуж, обзавестись семьей».

My grandparents always ask me when will I settle down?

(Мои дедушка и бабушка все время спрашивают меня, когда я выйду замуж?)

To dump – бросать кого-то.

It’s always hard when your loved one is dumping you.

(Это всегда тяжело, когда любимый человек бросает тебя)

Deal with it – смириться с этим (обычно после расставания или развода – все, что остается человеку – это смириться с ситуаций). Буквально выражение переводится как – «иметь дело с этим», но в этом контексте его значение меняется.

After our divorce I’m trying to deal with it.

(После нашего развода я пытаюсь смериться с этим)

Get over it – дословно выражение переводится как – «перейти через это», но чтобы выражение звучало «по-русски», лучше переводить его – «быть выше этого, преодолеть что-то».

It’s important to get over it.

(Очень важно преодолеть это)

Plenty more fish in the sea – выражение дословно переводится как- «есть гораздо больше рыбок в море». Оно означает, что если кто-то расстался со своим/своей возлюбленным/возлюбленной – не стоит расстраиваться, так как в мире есть много других девушек/парней.

Как вы поняли слово «fish» в этом контексте означает девушка или парень. Эквивалентом в русском языке является выражение – «свет клином не сошелся».

I understand that there are plenty more fish in the sea, but it hearts me yet.

(Я понимаю, что она не единственная женщина в мире, но пока еще мне больно)

Look forward to – дословно переводится – «смотреть вперед», но так означает – «ждать с нетерпением».

I’m looking forward to when I will finally forget him.

(Я с нетерпением жду когда я, наконец, о нем забуду)

Something/someone is getting on someone’s nerves – что-то/кто-то действует на нервы. Слово «get»имеет очень много значений, но также оно означает – «раздражать».

When occasionally I remember about our marriage it’s getting on my nerves.

(Когда вдруг я вспоминаю о нашем замужестве, это действует мне на нервы)

To rub someone up the wrong way – это выражение уж точно не следует переводить и понимать дословно, так как получится – «натереть кого-то к плохой пути», а просто нужно понимать так – «раздражать».

But it isn’t serious. I don’t want it to rub me up the wrong way.

(Но это не серьезно.Я не хочу, чтобы это больше раздражало меня)

She/he makes me feel happy/exited/on cloud nine – благодаря ей/ему я чувствую себя счастливой/счастливым, взволнованной/взволнованным, на седьмом небе.

My fiancee makes me feel on cloud nine.

(Благодаря моей невесте я чувствую себя на седьмом небе от счастья)

Fall in love — дословно переводится – «падать в любовь», а чтобы звучало более привычно для наших ушей, лучше просто сказать – «влюбляться».

If you have never fallen in love you don’t know what’s a real happiness.

(Если ты никогда не влюблялся – ты не знаешь, что такое счастье)

Get together/get with – буквальный перевод крайне далек от истинного его значения, потому что получится. На самом деле выражение означает – «быть вместе».

We are getting together since last summer.

(Мы вместе с прошлого лета)

Seeing/dating someone – видеться/встречаться с кем-то. Выражение можно спокойно переводить дословно.

Can you give me your number or you are already seeing someone.

(Ты можешь дать мне твой номер или ты уже с кем-то встречаешься?)

Cheat (on) – обманывать, изменять. В этом выражении главное помнить, что нужно использовать с предлогом «on».

It’s awful when people are cheating on their wives or husbands.

(Это ужасно, когда люди изменяют своим женам или мужьям)

Get back together – хотя дословно можно переводить – «возвращаться вместе», но в этом контексте оно означает – «снова сойтись».

Two years ago George and Anna divorced but they are getting back now.

(Два года назад Джордж и Анна разошлись, но теперь они воссоединяются)

To have a crush on/think for – хотя слово «crush» в прямом смысле означает – «давить», но в этом выражении оно переводится не так, потому что само выражение означает – «неровно дышать к кому-либо, быть неравнодушным к кому-либо»

I think my daughter has a crush on some boy.

(Я думаю, что моя дочь влюбилась в какого-то мальчика)

To punch above someone’s weight – дословный перевод – «пробиваться выше веса какого-то человека», одним cловом – это чепуха, поэтому нужно понимать данное выражение таким образом – «прыгнуть выше головы, что-то явно не по зубам кому то».

Common! Dude you are punching above her wait.

(Да ладно! Чувак она тебе не по зубам)

To be under the thumb – дословный перевод – быть под большим пальцем, а русский вариант этого выражения – «быть подкаблучником».

A real man can never be under the thumb.

(Настоящий мужчина никогда не будет подкаблучником)

To be loved up with/to be smitten up with – глагол «to smite» означает — «поражаться», а выражение переводится как –«по уши влюбленный, обожать и очень любить».

She is the best girl for me. I’m feeling I am loved up with Susan.

(Она лучшая девушка для меня. Я чувствую, что в по уши влюблен в нее)

on and off again– вообще выражение «on and off» означает – «время от времени, иногда», но в этом контексте следует понимать в таком виде – «то вместе, то нет/снова вместе/снова разошлись»

They are the strangest couple I have ever seen! They are off again.

(Они самая странная пара, которую я когда-либо видел. Они опять разошлись)

200 Heart Touching Love Messages for Your Sweetheart

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– Heart Touching Love Messages –

Love is a good thing. It makes one happy, it makes one feel so complete. Love is indeed a wow factor that can diminish depression and worries. Love is magical, they say!. These are wonderful heart touching love messages for you.

Being more factual about this, love is not just about the fun, material gifts, or any sort of physical exhibition of what people call love, they are more to it.

Some people might embrace the physical quality of love and do away with the etymological meaning of Love. Love is abstract philosophically. It connects two minds together emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. These are the three atom of real love.

Are you in love with someone? And you are ignorant of some things you can do to blow the mind of your partner? Not to worry at all because here you’d see lots of inspiring and heart blowing messages you will use to dazzle the mind of your partner.

In a relationship, you have to make your spouse feel important not just by buying gifts, but also adding a little spice to the relationship to show that you care.

Once in a while, you have to make your partner feel special, make him/her feel unique, and also feel your strong affection towards him/her, in addition to that, you must also make your partner have a feel of your impact and your love towards him or her.

Sending your spouse a romantic love message is a very good way of expressing your feelings, it keeps the relationship robust, lively and also makes it interesting. Everyone loves something crazy and romantic from his/her partner.

You have to send thrilling and inspiring love messages to your partner once in a while to keep your partner awake in love for you.

200 Heart Touching Messages for Your Sweetheart

1. You came into my life and made it a blooming world to live in. you make me feel so special with the things you do and all that you say. I love you.

2. The more you go away from me, the closer I come towards you. I may not say a word but my heart will always tell that you are my dearest.

3. Love is like sunshine. It brings a shining glow to its beholder’s face. And a warm feeling all over the body. It awakens soul and open eyes. And when its over, it leaves lots of small memories called stars, to remind the globe that it still exists. I love you.

4. I have never loved the way I love you neither can I ever love any other person than you, my sweetheart, I love you heartily!

5. The real meaning of you is love + romance + care + support. You can’t be compared with another. I love you, baby.

6. Though you may not be beside me, I do feel your presence, cuddling and holding me. I love you so much darling.

7. I always love you smiling all the time, your cool smile and affectionate talk drives me crazy and makes me think about you all the time. I love you, my sweetheart.

8. My love for you shall grow and not perish, I will live to love you increasingly.

9. Loving you means I have done the best thing, I never regret loving you, dear.

10. I see you in my dreams every night, even when you are far away, I will never stop thinking about you. You are the only one for me. I love you so much.

11. A typical example of sincere love has been found in you, your love has driven every fake love away from my heart, I’m so crazy about you darling.

12. Your love is like the coolness of the river at night, the sunshine that comet from the sun during the day. You are the best with a perfect heart. Love you sincerely dear!

13. It is not easy to get the right person, but I thank God, I got you, you are the right person for me. I truly love you, darling.

14. People say loving you gives pain and is full of sacrifices. But I will rather go through pains and lots of sacrifices than not to love you, my sweetheart.

15. It gets to a time I wonder how I came across you, you are just the one who changes my world. I love you, dear.

16. Let the sun that shines, shines on our love to bloom more and the rain that wets, to wets it and makes it grow. Love you sweetheart!

17. My constant prayer and wish are to love you beyond measure and to live always to compliment the love you show to me.

18. I will make sure I do the needful to be your better half. Love you so much dear!

19. I can’t afford to lose you to another, my love love please don’t give your heart to another. I love you so much.

20. No matter what happens, my love for you will live on forever. I will stick with you in any situation.

21. I love you not because of anything you have, but because of what I feel whenever I’m close to you.

22. I never knew what love was until I met you, then when distance pulled us apart, I found out what true love is. I luv you.

23. I keep myself busy much things to do but each time I pause, I still think of you. I can’t live a moment without you sweetheart.

24. I choose you to be the only one I will forever love, my love for you is so real, sweetheart.

25. I will be your cloud up in the sky and I will be shoulder to lean on, I will be there for you when you call me.

26. You worth more than a million, you just one in a million. Love you sweetheart.

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27. Your smile is just like the sunshine and it brightens up my day. Your thoughts in my head create the best melody and I can’t help but fall for you. Heart Touching Love Messages

28. One day, I caught myself smiling without no reason, then I realized I was thinking of you. I love you.

29. Yes, we are imperfect but true love will make everything so perfect. There are few things in life that I care for beyond life, the first is love and the other is you

30. I so love you for all that you are, all that you have been, and all you’re yet to be. Heart Touching Love Messages

31. Thank you so much for staying even if you had every reason to leave. Thank you so much for making it so easy when life gets so hard.

32. From the day you walked into my life, you’re all I think about. You’re the reason I breathe. You are the stars in my sky. I wouldn’t want this any other way. You’re the love of my life.

33. Each time I look at you, I just smile to myself and think, ‘I certainly could not have done better’. You are perfect the way you are. I love you, honey.

34. I had been dreaming of you, way before I met you, way before you were even born into this world. And I am so glad that you are mine now. Heart Touching Love Messages

35. Each time I make a wish, I wish for us to be together forever. I know it will come true because you already have a place in my heart. I love you.

36. Loving you is like breathing. How can I stop? I love you so much.

37. Look at the computer keyboard, U and I were placed side by side. That’s how the alphabets should be arranged because my undying love for you will never cease to exist as long as it’s you and me.

38. I will never promise you everything on earth, but I’ll promise you everything my heart brings out because you own my heart. Heart Touching Love Messages

39. My world was so empty and dark that it all seemed so meaningless to me. But when I met you, it felt like the sky over me has lightened up by million stars. I love you!

40. It’s hard to find someone who is willing to stay with you in every up and down of your life. I feel so blessed to have you in my life because I know no matter what happens your love for me never ends.

41. Love can never ever be measured. It can only be felt. You have designed my life with the colors of heaven. I don’t need anything else as long as your love is with me!

42. It takes great luck to have someone like you. I feel blessed each day and each moment for this gift. I will love you till my very last breath no matter what life brings before us!

43. The more I spend time with you, the more I fall in love with you every day. You have a very gentle and tender heart that I promise to take care of all my life. I love you!

44. They say love can’t be seen, it can only be felt. But they were wrong. I have seen it many times. I have seen true love for me deep in your eyes. And it’s the best thing I have ever seen!

45. I was lost and hopeless. But I kept on praying for a savior to come in my life. God accepted my prayer and sent you. Now I owe you my life for eternity. Loving you deeply is the only thing I can do perfectly!

46. Thanks for being there for me always. I’ve not met anyone who could love with such intensity. For me, you are the perfect lover in this world. I can’t help loving you deeply.

47. Every time I close my eyes, I dream about us being happy and merry together in our dream house. Stay with me forever, Love.

48. I feel fortunate to have you in my life as you light it up with your glow. I value your presence more than any other thing, I love you.

49. You have made me realize that love is the best feeling any human can feel. Thank you for coming in my life. I love you.

50. I cannot imagine surviving all the hard times of my life without your love and support. Keep holding my hands tightly forever. I love you.

51. I have been blessed by God with such a precious gem like you. I will never let you go. I love you.

52. Every moment that I spend with you seems to me like treasures. I will preserve you and these treasures lifelong. I will never let you go. I love you.

53. I don’t need to be known to the whole world, your warm hugs and kisses are all that I want. Keep loving me like this forever. I love you.

54. You came during the darkest days of my life. I was dispirited and broken inside. And when all was but a mess, Your love shone the brightest. Then I began to dream for a bright future with you. I love you. I surely do.

55. If there’s anything in life I wouldn’t want to change, it is the chance of meeting you and falling in love with you.

56. I have never believed in love at first sight. Love surely takes time to develop. And I’m happy that I chose to let my love for you grow every day. It’s worth the wait. I love you.

57. Your smile is my sunrise and your kiss is my sunset. Thank you for being the most wonderful friend and companion and for making my day beautiful, every day!

58. I promise to be your guardian angel, the one that makes you smile when you’re moody. The one that cares about you dearly. The one that will love you until the very end. I love you.

59. The shortest word for me is I, the sweetest word for me is love, the only one for me, is you. I love you.

60. You are my sunshine, sweet blessing, drop of joy, and the snuggle pad of my life. I wouldn’t have been able to do a thing without you. I love you.

61. If you are a prize, I’ll do anything to take you home. If you are actually a Medal, I’ll work hard to earn you. If you are a flower, I’ll be watering for you to grow beautifully.

62. My love for you is so real, that it makes me want to do unreal things like jumping on the clouds and climbing the rainbow. I love you.

63. Your love brings out the best in me. You give me the best I pray for. Thank you for loving me with your heart. I will love and cherish you not like anybody but as nobody has ever loved you.

64. You bring smiles to my face and joy to my heart. You make me so glad that you’re the only thing I think of all day long. I love you, honey.

65. The best thing about being in love with you is that I have begun to enjoy every season of life with a lot more zest than I usually do. Such is the magic of your love, sweetheart.

66. Believe me when I say your love is more than a word I can spell. Also, it’s so real that I can’t discard it. It’s so precious that everyone wishes for it. It’s very special that I can’t get enough of it.

67. Your hugs give me weak knees and your kisses make me shiver.

68. If cherishing and loving you was wrong, then I don’t want to be ever right. I love you beyond the stars.

69. I love you so much to care about what haters are saying. You know I love you right? Well, I do.

70. You’re that perfect piece that completes the puzzle of my heart and I cherish you more than love itself.

71. Words are not enough to express how much I feel for you, because my love for you is verbally indescribable. I love you so much.

72. You’re the best gift ever given to me and I will always and forever cherish and love you. I love you more than you know.

73. During my downtime, your love always keeps me going. I love you beyond words, my dearest.

74. You will always be in a special place in my life and that’s in my heart because that’s where you deserve to be. I love you forever.

75. I’m drunk in your sweet and unconditional love, and I don’t want to ever recover from it. I love you more than you can imagine.

76. You’re always on my mind and in my heart, and wherever my heart is, there you will always be. I love you so much, sweetheart.

77. You’re my everyday thought, happiness, and inspiration, and I’m glad to call you to mine forever. I love you tenderly.

78. A sweet love message with beautiful words cannot accurately describe how your love has acquired such a firm foundation within my heart.

79. I’ve always wanted to be with you, my love. Your kiss, your hug, and also your wonderful smile are what I die for!

80. In a world of chaos, pain, and suffering, I look forward to meeting with you again, it makes my trials and tribulations less hectic knowing that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. At the dark of the day, I’ll see you again.

81. Independence is great. But interdependence is nothing less than Godly. My friend, my world, my lover. I love you.

82. It’s funny how you can go through life thinking you were complete until you fall in love. Now every time we’re apart I feel so incomplete, my other half. I love you.

83. Never believe that you have to flatter me with materialistic things. All I need is your love because unlike materialistic things your love will not fade away. It’s forever embedded within my heart.

84. You’ve always been there in times both good and bad! I cherish this beautiful bond of togetherness! I love you!

85. Your love is like a warm blanket that protects me from the misery and pain that engulfs the world. My protector, my provider, I love you.

86. True love words can bring us closer. It’s not easy for you to understand that your smile and happiness mean the whole world to me. I just hope you keep on smiling and feel my love!

87. Regardless of how stressful my day maybe, I know that at the end of the day I have the ultimate stress reliever that I can rely on during my darkest times, which are my thoughts about you and the love that you have planted so deep into my soul.

88. Would it be crazy for me to tell you within this sweet love message that you are the best thing that has ever happened to me or ever will? Because I look at where we are now and I just don’t know if I could ever feel this way for another. I love you.

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89. You always remain close to my heart, no matter how far you are. I love you, babe!

90. Love is like the deep blue sky with its shadow embracing the oceans beneath. Our love is just like the horizon that gets to meet each other and remains wrapped day in and out!

91. They say you only fall in love once, but that can’t be true… Every time I look at you, I fall in love all over again.

92. I have never thought that just three words would change my life completely. I love you and I am ready to shout about it to all!

93. Darling, I love you so much, let’s preserve what we have because many people throughout their lives are not able to build such a wonderful relationship.

94. I have loved you long before the beginning of times and I will love you even when the memories of us will be erased from the face of the Earth.

95. I want to be by your side always, you gave me the feeling of completion. My love for you can’t be compared to anything in the world.

96. Sometimes love inspires, sometimes it breaks the heart into small pieces, I have experienced with you everything and I’ve realized that I have nobody dearer than you.

97. How can I describe what I feel for you with words? In all languages of the world, I will whisper to you that I love you, but this is not enough to describe how much I love you and need you.

98. We’ve grown to be one soul, two parts; our lives so intertwined that when some passion stirs your heart, I feel the quake in mine.

99. Ever since you came into my life, my world has been free from gloom and glee.
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100. When you talk, words are at your mercy. Also, when you kiss me, I wish my lips don’t ever leave yours.
When you look at me, I wish you will do that every second because I so love it and I love you, darling.

101. Thinking about you always makes me speechless and missing you gives me fever. You seem to be really bad for my health but that’s alright. I will still give you a hug, kiss you, and miss you. I love you.

102. The world might call me mad, but I’m glad to be mad about you! My sweetheart, I love you!

103. Loving you has become a must for me. I have got no option

104. I am afraid of loosing you. I am so in love with you that I can’t afford to lose you!

105. You turned my life into a journey of happiness and joy. Every minute I spend with you; I fall in love even more and more with you! Heart Touching Love Messages

106. If you ask me the time I want to be with you, my answer will be; now and forever.

107. No matter what has occurred. No matter what you’ve done wrong. No matter what you will do. I will always love you.

108. You don’t know how blessed I am to have you in life time. You have given a new meaning to my life. I Love you.

109. I wish I could be everything that brings out a smile on your face and happiness to your heart. I want to love you like no one else ever loved you.

110. You are the reason for my happiness and my rest of mind. I love you unlimitedly!

111. I wrote your name up in the sky, but the wind blew it off. I wrote your name in the sand, but the waves washed it off. I wrote your name in my heart, and it would stay there forever.

112. I am so lost in the way that I love you that I don’t know the right words to express what I feel for you. No diction can describe my love for you!

113. Loving you is the greatest thing that I have done in my whole life. Thanks for making my life wonderful.

114. Every day, I have a grateful heart to God for sending an angel like you into my life. I love you like crazy.

115. I need you in my life for today, tomorrow and forever.

116. Your love is medicine, and I never want to get over it. I have overdosed.

117. There are only 2 times that I want to dwell with you: Now and Forever!

118. No matter what occurs, I know there is one person who will be there for me. That’s you, my love.

119. You are the brightest sun that lights up my life every day.

120. Good morning my sweetheart! Sending you lots of kisses and love. Heart Touching Love Messages

121. I have fallen in love so multiple times in life. But each time, it was with you!

122. For you, I may be just one person, but for me, you are the globe.”

123. I cherish you- this is the least I can say. I wish I could do more to actually show what I really feel for you.

124. They say love can’t be seen; it can only be felt inside of you, But they were wrong. I have seen it a lot of times. I have seen true love for me in your eyes. And it’s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!

125. I loved you, I love you and I will love you forever.

126. Your love is everything that keeps me living and makes me feel so complete. I love you!

127. Words are not enough to say thank you for being with me. You are the humblest soul who makes my life beautiful and cherished.

126. My best fantasies are the ones that begin with you and end with you. I love you truly seriously and deeply!

127. Thank you for being my woman for life; thanks for giving me many reasons to live my life to the fullest. You are my perfect one.

128. Waking up next to you every day is nothing but a real blessing. You have my whole heart, star. Thank you for being my husband. Heart Touching Love Messages

129. Missing you more than I can tell the story, thinking of you more than you know. Love you baby!

130. Nothing more can be compared to the happiness I feel for this moment having someone like you in my life. Love you so much, sweetheart!

131. No distance can kill our bond. Nothing can erase our memories from our brains. Our hearts will always be tied together with each other.

132. Since no human being can live without breathing, I can’t live without you. I will love you until the day after forever.

133. If you ask me to make a last wish, it would be to go on like this, holding your hands tight in mine, till my last breath.

134. If I got paid for loving you, I would be a billionaire by now!

135. You are the only reason why I live; love you!

136. Sweetheart, I wish I could make you as feel happy as you make me feel. Love you.

137. I dream of a world where you and I would live for a million years to love each other. I know I’ll never be tired of loving you.

138. Your love is truly a wonderful gift for me. I can never think of anyone else who could love me so deeply!

139. Life would be hard to live. Life after you is unimaginable. Even after death, I want our souls to be come back!

140. My love for you is deeper than the rivers and wider than the sky. Nobody can measure it, but you know how much I love you.

141. Thank you for venturing into my life. I love you, darling. Heart Touching Love Messages

142. You are just so pretty, both inside and outside. I must be so lucky that I could find you in this big world and make you my own.

143. When we’re together, an hour feels like a second. But when we are apart, a second feels like an hour!

144. I am lucky enough to get a man like you in my life who gives me a thousand reasons to smile all day. You are so precious, my handsome.

145. Your heart is so filled with love, and I’m lucky enough to find a place there. Love you, honey.

146. If you were a book, I would read you over and over again without getting bored. That is how much I love you my prettiness.

147. You are the meekest soul who makes my life beautiful and loved.

148. It takes great luck to have someone like you as a boyfriend. I feel blessed every day and every moment for this opportunity.

149. I will love you till I die, no matter what life brings before us!

150. Such an amazing wife like you doesn’t come from this planet; they come straight from heaven. You are the most perfect wife ever! Heart Touching Love Messages

151. My love for you is always growing stronger, and I’m slowly losing myself into it.

152. Your love is the source of my joy. Please never leave me alone. I cannot imagine a single day without your presense.

153. I can’t stop loving you because it’s the only thing I’m good at and the only reason I was sent to earth. I love you!

154. Your childish giggles melts my heart every time I hear them. Keep laughing like this everytime. I love you.

155. Your presence in my life is a blessing forever. You’re the gift that I never hoped to ask for. The love you have given me is more than I could ever imagine.

156. Sometimes it feels like I’m dreaming, but then I realize it’s all real and I’m one lucky fellow in this beautiful world. Thank you for being mine! Heart Touching Love Messages

157. I thank god every day because he answered my prayer and gave me the most beautiful woman in the world. I can’t help myself from falling in love with you every day!

158. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever known. You grew a flower in my soul, which I call love. I love you more than anything else in life!

159. Every time I close my eyes, I dream about us being happy and celebrating together in our dream house. Stay with me forever, Love.

160. Your smile is the greatest reward I want to get every day. It is the only thing that keeps me breathing strongly.

161. By holding your hands frimly, I get the strength of conquering all my life problems. Stay with me till death.

162. I promise you I will get you away from all the negativity of this world. You would only promise to stay with me always.

163. It doesn’t matter where you are; I can always feel your heartbeat when I lay down and see your face when I close my eyes. I love you, sweetheart!

164. People with truth in their hearts and passion in their eyes are scarce. I was lucky that I found you. I love you so much, my dear!

165. You have everything in you to be loved, to be adored and to be taken care of. I’ll always give my best to make you feel special. I love you!

166. You are the perfect match for me and I know it from the first time I saw your fine face. Love you with my everything pretty girl.

167. I am nothing but a dark sculpture, but through your eyes, I am born as the brightest star!

168. Whenever I look at you, my heart gets caught in a mishap. You’re an attractive woman in my eyes!

169. Wish I could prove to you how much you mean to me. You’re the one with whom I can fall in love repeatedly.

170. The refinement in your eyes and the innocence in your face inspires me crazy all the time. I want you in my life for today, tomorrow and forever.

171. I feel prosperous to have you in my life as you light it up with your glow. I value your existence more than anything else; I love you.

172. I feel fortuitous to have you. I love you, honey.

173. My mild prince, I loved you once, love you still, consistently have, and always will.

174. Your love pierced my heart like a blade, and it’s for you to revive me now. Don’t ever leave me because I’m nothing without you!

175. I was slithering in darkness before you came. You grabbed my soul away from its hiding place. I love you, darling!

176. I can see myself consuming the last day of my history with you, baby. Blissfully ever after! I love you.

177. Since I’ve met you, I understood what true love feels like. You made me feel unique and loved.

178. The minor things you do for me bring so much joy to my life. I’ll love you constantly. Heart Touching Love Messages

179. I feel the happiest and surest when I’m in your arms. Love you so much, honey.

180. You have always made me feel how great I am to you. You have put so much love and care. I can’t thank you ever enough.

181. You know every cheat to make my heart melt like April snowstorm. I am so happy that you’re in my life. The love I have for you will never fade!

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182. Valuable man of my life. I love how you fulfil my life with your personality, care, and affection. May we always stay like this and be blessed.

183. You carry my heart with you. As long as you’re with me, I have nothing to worry because I know my heart is secure with you.

184. I don’t want to live without you even a single day. You’re the rightest thing that ever happened to me and I’ll adore you in my heart forever!

185. You give me a reason to wake up every day, a thought to fight for, a life worth living. I love you, my man.

186. Nothing is more essential than your eerie laugh and silly jokes. Yes, I love everything about you my man.

187. You have sincerity in your heart and enthusiasm in your eyes; things about you that make me love you even more. Heart Touching Love Messages

188. My heart secured your place in it right at the juncture I met you. This place will always remain constant and intact. I love you so much!

189. I always pray to the lord to never get detached from you no matter how many disagreements we have. I want our togetherness to last eternally.

190. The playful smile you give, whenever I get pissed off at you, does not let me stay angry for long. I love you more than anything.

191. The word ‘fortunate’ made sense to me only after you came into my life. Be with me every time handsome.

192. Your comforting touch fills my entire being with sparkling joy and compassion! Happiness flowers from you, Love. I love you!

193. You are half of my soul, and you perform as the purpose of my survival. I love you, baby!

194. I will turn the world upside down just to be in your loving arms every day. You are my everything!

195. I can hear your voice in my head even if you’re not around. When I think of you, thousands of butterflies fly around me. Heart Touching Love Messages

196. My love for you is never-ending, and no matter how hard life becomes, I will always be there for you like you have been for me. I love you, darling.

197. I have a special chamber inside my heart. Nothing can occupy this but you. Sending you a box full of love, my sweetheart!

198. You can finish counting the stars in the sky, but you can never finish counting the love I have for you. Because my heart is filled with infinite love for you!

199. Every time you stare into my eyes, you soften my heart and make me fall in love all over again. I love being felt by you.

200. I need an entire lifetime to thank God for bringing you into my life. All I want now is to dedicate this life in loving you!

201. I don’t pay attention to anything and anyone else, as long as you love me. I can overlook the rest of the world if you’re with me. I love you so much.

In conclusion, always try to make every moment of your relationship lively and wonderful. Hope with these highlighted love quotes, you are able to find a touching love message that perfectly expresses the feelings in your heart for your lover.

You can glance through them over and over again, and choose the ones with perfect matching words to the feelings of your heart. Also, feel free to share with friends.

2022 Best Long Goodnight Messages for Her from the Heart

Surely, you’ve got a burning desire to send your love to your girlfriend tonight. And most importantly, in such a manner that’ll make her beam with a smile for as long as the length of your message to her can allow.

They might be written as goodnight messages but they connote a deep confession of lovable to send your girl to wonderland agitating to see your face in the morning time.

So, get busy with making a fine choice from this swam of lovely confessions as something magical is about to come her way tonight.

Go ahead, read through these well-crafted messages and pick the one which aligns most with your feelings for her.

The best of sweet and romantic long good night love paragraphs for her from the heart. Cute and beautiful long good night love text messages for her – girlfriend.

1. I fall in love whilst giving you a meaningful stare, ditto when I close my eyes cause at that moment your face is all that I see still. What I put foremost in my heart tonight is to wake up to your lovely smile. Yay! Nothing beats the excitement I feel when I see you giving a voluntary smile to everyone but to me, a deep involuntary affectionate one. Tonight will reveal the state of my heart to you, cause I’ll like to make a love confession. You tugged my heart the moment I set my eyes on you. You have always looked like a beautiful city set on a hill but tonight, you look different in my heart. You take resemblance to a beautiful castle in wonderland. You’re such an edifice of glory.

2. I’m enamoured with a lady of substance. Whose beauty remains bright even in a cloudy weather. At night, the light of your heart shines around me, cause I can feel a series of indescribable emotions sweeping off my feet until I fall helplessly in love with you all over again. This night will be marked for something: for giving to you the sceptre of my heart. You now own the power to control my heart wherever it pleases you. My secret is no longer safe with you; soon enough the world will be in the know of my affections for you. I desire to be with you tonight even though I could be anywhere else in the world. When it’s time that I go to bed, the thought of you is enough to caress me to sleep. Good night, my love.

3. I need more time with you; the length of the day is too short, the night isn’t any longer either. I dream of a night when you wouldn’t be so far away. I hope a time comes when I can reach you with just a stretch of my arm. This night stands out for me, cause I can feel your fragrance all over me. Tonight reminds me of your favourite side of the bed. You loathe the pillow because you love my bosom more. I will remain eternally grateful to the stars in the sky for they let me know something as beautiful as you exist even in a dark world. It’s already dark, but my love still dazzles with so much light like the sun when at its zenith. Sleep tight tonight, my love.

4. Take a deep sleep tonight like the one a queen would have whilst be ensconced in the arms of her king. I do not know how to say this to you, “I love you.” But, I hope tonight’s dream shows you a glimpse of my true feelings for you. You represent everything a great lady should possess. More so, you beat my expectation. “You’re worth the waiting for” escaped my lips the night I saw you looking undaunted in the face of danger. You deserve the best there is; including me. Sleep like a baby in the most beautiful cradle whose heart is pleasured with peace. I love you.

5. I’m short of words to say to you tonight, cause each morning my heart pours you a daily confession of my love for you. Not to say, I love you less tonight but rather, I’m rendered speechless by your being. At the advent of knowing you, you were a mystery to me. Funnily enough, I’m yet to unravel that mystery. I hope a night will come that we’ll share the most beautiful secrets together. I’ll dream of you, cause you’re a beauty to behold even in the dream. Sleep well tonight and wake up looking no less of your beautiful self. I love you till eternity.

6. Every night, I deal with the pain of missing you. However, I am blessed with the opportunity to smile over the memory we made under the brightness of the sun. I’ll take comfort in the words that you said and I’ll find peace knowing your heart is at ease at me. But still, here I am hoping to behold the beauty of your sleep one night. With all my love for you, I wish you a very pleasant twilight.

7. My mind is flooded with the memories of your smiles but still, I yearn for a brighter day to see you bask in the euphoria of our love whilst you let out my name out of your colourful lips in pleasure. I feel your smile from afar when the stars shine brighter all of a sudden. I hope tonight pleases your soul, but more importantly, I hope you dream of this heart that cares. Goodnight, my one true love.

8. The night brings the beauty of the moon and the stars to all of mankind but more peculiar to me is the memories of the love we share during sunrise. I hope to see you in my dream where time isn’t a barrier to our togetherness. When I rise up in the morning time, I’d love to see you make all my dreams come true. But for now, I’ll enjoy what the night brings; pleasant dreams and memories of you. I don’t want to love anyone else but you because each night of our separation makes me realise just how much my heart beats for you. Goodnight, sweet love.

9. I’ll stay up all night listening to my heart tick to the clock on the wall. I’ll be a watcher man just to rise up early at the gaiety crow of the cock to see the face of my love as soon as the daybreak. Can’t wait to share breakfast with you but more eagerly, I look forward to sharing my life with you. May the wind blow my kisses on your sweet lips before you go to bed, and may the moon shine brightly at the top of your house signifying where my love has come to take abode. I love you to the moon and back. Goodnight, my love.

10. Many nights ago, my heart was void without you. However, tonight is a good, good night because you are right inside of this heart making it so much easier for me to breathe. I hope you take abode in this palace of mine until the end of eternity. Sleep tight in your pyjamas, bless the bed with the warmth of your body. And be kind to keep your heart beating to the tune of our love. I adore you, my love.

11. I’ll say a goodnight to you just to go on a lonely hiatus. So, when I come back like the dawn of the day, I’ll be strong for you. Goodnight, my love. Do not fail to rest in my love for you.

12. The sun is gone with its heat. But here comes the night with a coldness to make the body feel good. Enjoy this time of the night by taking a deep breath. And go to bed with my thought in your head. I love you, honey.

13. Loving you saved my soul from loneliness. I no longer live in the fear of the night, cause even in your absence, the thought of you creeps into my mind to keep me company. Make tonight memorable by making me a part of your sweet dream. Goodnight, my love.

14. I have everything that I need to live for, all because I have you. Be it night or day, my love for you is without a variable. I’ll love you in every season and hour. As I fall into slumber and thence into a deep sleep, never will I lose the memory I have of you. You’re irreplaceable. Sleep and shine.

15. I’ll turn this night into a beautiful period of reflection of where we started from. I’ll go on to imagine our future together. My imagination will take me to eternity with you tonight. I’ll love every ride of it. My love, make your night as beautiful as the state of my heart. Sleep well, hun.

16. We’re one both at heart. Let our thought be in synchrony tonight so our dream can be in unison. I want you to see me in your dream tonight, for I’m unwavering that I’ll see you in mine. Dream of me, baby.

17. What holds my heart together is my love for you and most importantly, your love for me. Never break my heart nor destroy my being by going away from me. No matter the night, no matter the day you can always run to me. I’ll always have the power to save you at all time, cause I’m your hero.

18. I fall short of what to say to you tonight. I wish I could write you a letter of love that will keep you awake all through this night. At the same time, I wish I could blow you a breeze of love that will make you fall into a deep lovely sleep. All the same, I have you in mind and that’s the most important thing to me.

19. You’re the best giver of love. No one can give me love like you do. Neither is my soft heart willing to receive love from any other beside you. My heart only recognises you as my one and only true love. Oh! See me smiling even while I sleep; it’s all because of you, honey.

20. I do not want to fail at loving you. I want to remain firm in my promises to you. I want to bring you into my world with no plan to keep you out. This night is unlike the former, I’ll love you until you can feel it in your heart.

21. If I had the world to give you, it will yet be insufficient to show you how much you mean to me. I’ll render you my whole in exchange for nothing. I’m contended with loving you like the night is contended with the darkness that it possesses. I love you beyond this night, my love.

22. I can meet all the conditions of loving you. Howbeit, you can love me on a silver platter; I’ll make myself so easy for you to love. You’re more beautiful than the blue sea and the colourful rainbow. My love is without random. Goodnight, sweetness.

23. I can’t give you everything that the world possess, but I can hand over to you everything I have. My love for you is drenched in perfection and drips with gold. It comes with grace, kindness and goodness. Goodnight, my love.

24. I do not want to live you in the dark. So, I’m sending all my love to you as a ray of light to your path. To cast it to light on you so that darkness vanishes. Goodnight, baby boo.

25. Like a nail, you drove your love deep into my heart. Now I’m consumed with your affections. I hope never to escape your flames of love in my lifetime. My heart will always be kept in your custody. Do not be scared of how much you love me because I’ll never live you to nurse the pain of disappointment and reproach. Let these sincere words of mine be engraved in your heart tonight. Dream of me, love.

26. I’m hungry and tasty for the same thing and that is you. At night, I want to sleep whilst loving you and in the day, I want to walk around with the assurance of your love. Don’t stay quiet when I tell you that I love you; it will only drive me crazy the more to unravel the mystery of your heart. I love you too much to quite.

27. Your love came rushing into my heart like a tsunami. Howbeit, it is indestructible, rather it fixed my heart. Hence, I’m in a safer place because I found love and love found me. This night brought back memory of you to me. I will succeed in keeping it in my heart forever. Love you, baby.

28. You’re the ruler and the judge of my heart. As it pleases you, let my heart be a creation of your hand. Each night, it comes into my heart to make you my queen someday and until I do that, I will never rest. Sleep tight, thinking about me.

29. Like an angel, you came to me for the first time in a flame of fire. You burn with passion and each time I see how much your heartburn for me, I can’t help but fall helplessly for you. My heart trembles at hearing your words; “I love you.” I have seen your heart and I hope you see the depth of mine. Goodnight, my baby.

30. How I love you! I’ll show you the wonders of my heart. I’ll let you know the beauty of my words. All my heart, I’ll give to you like the night gives all of its darkness to the latter part of the day. I found you, and I found love. I’m lost in the world but found in your eyes.

31. Loving a girl like you has drowned my lonely days and made my soul glad again. My love for you will overshadow your fears tonight. My affection will pour out on you in the morning. Stay happy tonight, knowing fully well I got your back even at night, my darl.

32. My love will come anew in the morning. At night like this, I wouldn’t fail to show you how I feel. I know loving you is like loving no one else. Yet, like a roaring lion, I’m willing to be captured by you alone. I wouldn’t mind turning my back against the world. My love is for you, cause the beauty of my heart took after your pulchritude. No matter how dark, your beauty never diminishes. I love you, my sunshine in the midst of darkness.

33. At night I see a ray of light in your eyes that reminds me of the day. It’s unbelievable, that I was touched by your love. I feel empowered by it. I’m intoxicated by my feelings for you; so I’m prone to act out of control because of you. You’re my mental stability and insanity. Do not cut me off, otherwise, I’ll lose my lifeline. Goodnight, my dearest love.

34. It’s a good thing to know you’re loved by someone who you love. When I think about this, I take off to cloud nine and remain on top of the world. I refuse to calm down this excitement in me. I love the life it brings upon me just by hearing you say how much you love me. The night is too young to forget about you. It’s too early for a lovebird to fall asleep. When it’s time to go to bed have a good night, darl.

35. I found favour in the most precious and enchanting eyes I’ve ever seen. I would have been blinded by the light of your intense stare and gaze at me. But funnily enough, the light of love in my eyes is stronger than yours. I love the synergy of our love, it’s strong enough to pull down any obstacle in our ways. Tonight is the most beautiful one I’ve ever witnessed cause; I can feel your love for me even from a distance.

36. My heart sunk when you told me you were leaving all because the night has come. I wouldn’t mind bearing the loneliness of tonight, cause I know the morning will soon come no matter how far it tarries. Don’t you forget to think about me? Make sure that I make it into your fascinating dream; I want to be part of your fantasy. Goodnight, my heartbeat.

37. I love it when we recite our love poem today; it’s the sweetest thing ever. Life stands still when you talk to me. While my blood rushes like a strong wind to my heart when you call my name. No matter how dark it may, our love will never go blind. I’ll illuminate you with the purity of my love for you. You sit on the chair of my emotions; you’re my desire. Whatever happens at night, I’ll always be there for you during the day. I love you.

38. Look at the hair on your head, they wave so beautifully like many exciting waters. I always look at you like a beautiful mountain. You lifted my emotions from the valley and brought them up to the might hills. The night reminds me of how bright you are while the day reminds me of how beautiful you are. No matter how far I may be from you, my heart will always be in juxtaposition to yours. Sleep tight, my queen.

39. You hold the key to my heart. Never open my heart to the pain of heartbreak, but keep it open for the bliss of love. It took me no time to know you were meant for me. I’m here, ready to fight to make you mine forever. I love you from night to night and day by day, sweety.

40. You taught me how to love when you opened my heart to love you. I love you just the way you are. It makes me strong and vulnerable at the same time. The zeal of my love for you has eaten me up. Be happy tonight, cause there’s a man who cares for you truly even with his dear life.

41. The beauty of your eyes has fallen upon me and now I stand transfixed by your gaze at me. Love makes me numb to pain and keeps me aware of happiness. I feel every beat of the string of joy you tug in my emotion. For your sake, I’ll go extra miles to put a smile on your face. I can never be homeless, cause I’ve found a home in your heart; gone are the days I was lost. You’re the one my heart beats for. Goodnight, my angel.

42. I was in the mire of loneliness when you weren’t near. Now that I’ve found you, I have indefinite joy. I bring my love to you from the depth of my heart. I will seek for precious gems for you from the depth of the sea; you deserve it all. Have a great night whilst thinking about me.

43. My heart makes a joyful noise because it constantly beats for you. I will never fail to sing out loud the honour of loving a gem like you. I submit myself to you to be loved. I do not mind to display my weakness to you. Before your eyes, I’m not ashamed to be me. So, see me for who I am tonight so I don’t appear as a stranger when the day comes. Goodnight, my baby.

44. You turned my heart into a waterfall; a place previously as dry as a desert. I will forever be indebted to you for making me taste the warmth of love. For what you’ve done, rule my heart from now till eternity. I will never exalt myself above you; you’re indeed my pride. I love you. This much I want you to know tonight.

45. No matter the beauty of other ladies, I’ll never be moved and neither will my eyes be taken off you. I cried for love silently, I’m glad you were the first who heard me. Waiting for you is the most rewarding thing ever; it brought you to me. Goodnight, my baby.

46. Your drove my loneliness away like a smoke and made me strong like a true gold. My heart trembled the very first time you gave me your first look; how enchanted I was. I will like to love you again in the world to come. Sleep like a baby tonight.

47. Your heart makes me do you right at all time. I can never hurt a beautiful heart like yours. You’re my everything, cause I can’t take a decision without you. The colour of your heart must be as pure as white, for the words that proceed from you are always unblemished by the darkness that resides on the face of the earth. Have a pleasant night, my love.

48. I’m smitten by your words. The kindness of your heart is so awe-inspiring. A night like this only reminds me of beautiful memories with you. The favourite part of my life is mostly spent in your company. I wish there were no night, so I can always be with you throughout the day, my love.

49. You’re the miracle I was very patient about. Loving you has brought me my greatest reward and that is you. I go from strength to strength while loving you. You’re such a blessing to me; be it at night or by the day. Nothing sounds as beautiful as your name, cause it reminds me of you. Goodnight, love.

50. A day with you is better than many nights without you. I feel at home when I’m around you than in the midst of a stream of men. I’ll rather be nowhere else than your heart. I will never withhold myself from loving you exceptionally. Goodnight, sweety.

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51. My flesh cries out for your touch. My heart is forever yoked with yours, cause without it I can’t survive. Loving you has given me the might to face the world. The night will be more beautiful with you by my side, sweety.

52. My arms are wrapped around you like a shield. I’ll protect you from the envy of the world. I love you and I do not mind standing in line to take a bullet for you. A time will come when your nights wouldn’t be lonely again, cause I’ll be by your side and together we would make beautiful memories. Sleep tight, my love.

53. I will never stay away from you. With a flip of your finger, I will come running to you. My heart is now joyful because I found love in your bosom. Never will I live you alone. You’ve taken my sorrows away. All I want to do is to spend happy nights and days with you, my one and only true love.

54. It took me a while to win your heart, but in no time will I make you mine forever. Just with a smile, you stole my heart away. I found the most beautiful treasure of life in your possession and that’s love. No matter what, I’ll never let go of this beautiful gift you’ve given me. I need you to sleep soundly tonight, cause I have a beautiful thing for you tomorrow.

55. Your throne is established in my heart. Your reign is forever. I love you, my lady. I find you mesmerizing. You’re the book that I love to read and you’re the love that I yearn to make mine forevermore. I will always give you the best of my possession. Nothing will I hide from you even at night. I love you, my queen. Sleep like a happy soul.

56. I know I may have said this a million times before but tonight would be without stars in the sky and the beauty of the moon will vanish if I failed to once again confess my love to you. Loving you is what I’ll do till eternity because more than anything, it pleases my heart to love you in both good and trying times. Have a good night sleep, sweetheart.

57. If by chance sleep eludes my eyes and I fail to find comfort on my bed, I’ll think of your pretty smile until I start to slumber. I hope you sleep tight, my love. Goodnight to you.

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58. My love calls unto your love even as darkness fills the earth at night. Like an earthquake, your heart has consumed mine, like the tsunami, you’ve swept me off my feet. Tonight, sleep safe and tight, my angel of love.

59. As the second ticks round and round the clock so will my world revolve around you all day. It does not matter what time of the day it is, my heart will always want you. I love you and hope that you sleep sweetly.

60. You’re the queen of my heart and I’ll sing your praises all night long. When the day comes, my love will shine upon you till darkness comes with the moon. I need not tell you how much I love you, because I’m convinced you know I honestly do. Have a good night sleep, sweetheart.

61. I have cleansed my heart for you to dwell safely in it. My love is all for you and so does my virtues revolve around you. I hold you in high esteem and with the joy that tonight brings, I wish to tell you, I love you. Sleep tight, my darling.

62. The night need not cover your flaws because your imperfections are perfect in my eyes. I need not long to see your face in the morning since I’ll always remember the beauty of my love even with my eyes closed. I need you to sleep sweetly tonight. I love you.

63. There’s no sad night as long as you take your place in my heart. There is no better morning, as long as it holds the key to seeing your pretty face. Sleep tight, dear beauty of my heart.

64. Be intentional about your dreams tonight because I’m willing to make them come true when the morning comes. Quickly whisper, I love you to the wind cause I feel the heat of your absence from miles away. I love you from here to the moon and back.

65. Command your love for me even in the night time. Let me feel the sweetness of your kisses from distance away. Let the wind blow your sweet love to me until the crack of dawn when we feel each other’s warmth. I love you.

66. It is my pleasure every night to tell you how much I love you. It does my heart much good to hear the sea sing your praises at night. I hope you sleep well tonight because a heart as yours deserves a peaceful night. I love you till eternity comes.

67. I’m not afraid of the dark because my eyes are filled with the light of your love. I welcome the night with all of my heart knowing it’s time to go on a memory lane of our love. I desire the night, and you’re the reason for that expectation. Sleep tight, my darling.

68. My song every night is you draw me nearer to you. I need you to dwell in my home as you do in my heart. I hope the day comes and the night arrives when I’ll behold my sleeping beauty. Goodnight, my darling.

69. I greatly desire your beauty near me tonight. But gladness fills my heart because I know the morning will come with the brightness in your eyes. I love you. Sleep tight.

70. Would you marry me even when the stars are our only wedding guests? Would you say yes to me even if the moon is the only witness to our love? Tonight, I promise to love you till the end of time. Goodnight, my darling.

71. I get consumed with the thought of your body on my bed every starry night. I get carried away by the waves of emotions whilst beholding your beauty in my dreams. I’ll do anything for you to make those dreams come true. Sleep tight, my love. I love you to the moon and back.

72. Your beauty comes in different shades at night. You look more alluring being a thousand miles away. You take my breath away having you close to me at sparrow-fart. I don’t want to wait another day to confess my love for you once again. I love you! Have a pleasant night.

73. I hope your heart can hear me in the silent night. I hope you feel my love in the chaos of the day. The joy of calling you my own brings tears to my eyes. I love to say that I love you. Sleep tight, my love.

74. It hurts me to see you go when you leave at night. But the strength and hope each night teach make me embrace it with loving arms. Good night to you, my love. I hope to make you smile in my dreams tonight.

75. I love you far more than my words can say. Cheerfully, I embrace your flaws because they are perfections to me. May you enjoy tonight more than any other. In the place of darkness, I hope you see the light shining from my heart to you. I love you, sweety.

76. Your worth is inestimable. You represent the hidden priceless treasures of the dark but I’m glad you chose to shine your light so brightly for my eyes to see and my heart to desire you in darkness. My quest has led me to a place of love, hence, I’m glad I found you. I plead that you remain mine for the longest time. I love you.

77. Know that I thirst for you as you lay your head upon a pillow. Imagine my hunger for you as you close your eyes against the stars. When the morning comes, let me draw water from the well of your heart, and when the sun starts to shine, feed me with the bread of love. I love you to the moon and back.

78. I’ll eschew the world for the sake of the love that I feel for you. I’ll reject the kindest pillow given the pleasantness of your bosom. Let me show you off to the world cause this much I know is true; I’ll never get tired of a boring day with you for you’re life itself.

79. There is none on earth that I long for besides you. The stars at night may be beautiful from far above the earth, but nothing beats your figure like a shadow upon my wall. I love to see you tonight. Sleep tight, my love.

80. The figure of love takes the shape of your smile when you stare at me. Hence, I found love when I first looked upon your face. You’re the light of my world, little wonder darkness has lost its power over me. Tonight, I confess that I cannot live without you. So, be my guest forever and ever. I love you.

81. My heart is determined to love you, so cast your burdens upon me. If I had wings to fly, I’ll be set on a journey to your abode because my eyes long to see you tonight. But then, I’ll rest in the assurance of your love, knowing you also long to see my face tonight. Sleep tight, my love.

82. From the end of the earth will I proclaim my love for you. I’ll shout it so audibly so every living thing can hear just how much. Your heart is where my home lies and I’ll do everything to have its door everlastingly opened unto me. Goodnight to you, my love.

83. My heart burns when I can’t feel you near, my head hurts from wanting you so badly. I need you to call out my name in the dark cause when I hear it, I’ll leap for joy tonight. I love you way more than life itself. Sleep tight, my darling.

84. Each night teaches me how to endure your absence but tonight is insufferable as I desperately hope to hear you knock on my door. You are my weakness but my strength comes from the memories we make during the day. I love you too much. But I’ve got to say goodnight to you, my love.

85. Your face is up on my wall to keep me company at night. I’ll always keep you protected because your tears crack my walls when you cry. I’ll see you in the morning when nothing can separate us. Goodnight, my darling.

86. Goodnight is the saddest word of the day. Though it comes with the moon and star it takes your presence away from the reach of my wings. I wish to have you by my side just as much as I love you at all times. But the cycle of life calls for distance at a time like this. However, come what may, I’ll always love you. Sleep tight, my love.

87. Call upon me when you need me for I will freely sacrifice to let a smile on your face. Do not hesitate to correct me because I am willing to do good by you. This I say out of the abundance of my love for you. Goodnight, pretty angel.

88. My love will I reserve for you till time fades away and my vows will remain unchanging with you until eternity comes to an end. With all my love for you, I wish you a super duper night.

89. On the other side of the moon is the shadow of our love. I hope the sun comes quickly to shine it’s light because darkness has dealt its blow on us hence, you’re far away from me. With eagerness, I wait to feel the tenderness of your loving arms when I see you again. I love you.

90. As time fades away tonight still, I can’t find the right words to express to you my deep feelings. Perhaps because my heart is consumed with an indescribable dose of passion. But I hope you feel my heart’s ecstasy when it says, I love you. Goodnight, my love.

91. Be my dwelling place in all generations. Let every eye behold my love for you. Let the nights witness our passion as the breezes blow. Tonight and many more, I’ll love you to the stars and back.

92. When the tears of separation leak down to my cheek, I hope the rains of your love come to wash it away. When the night leaves me without you, I hope I find contentment in the memory of our love. I just want you to know I love you tonight and always. Sleep tight, my darling.

93. My ears itch for the sound of your footsteps tonight. I look on to see your shadow hint me of your arrival once again. I miss you, my darling. I hope you sleep tight.

94. Feed me with the bread of your love before I go to sleep. Wrap around me your protective hands of love for I crave for your warm embrace tonight. I pray the morning comes with my desires as tonight is left without hope of its satisfaction. I love you tonight and always.

95. Come take this annoyance away. I’m irritated by your absence. I’m agitated by the length of the night which I have to persevere in your absence. But I’ll wait for you until darkness turns to light. I love you more than ever. Sleep tight.

96. Satisfy my thirst with your voice tonight. Even as the nights fade away and the flowers wither away with time, my love for you will be from everlasting to everlasting. So, pay no attention to time and the seasons it brings. My love abides with you now and always. Goodnight, my love.

97. It is forever a good morning to our love in any time of the day even as I wish you a good night as you retire to your bed. I pray the nightmares of loneliness do not invade your dreams. May each morning we live to see magnet each other’s warmth and kisses. I love you.

98. My meditation of you shall be sweet as I close my eyes to sleep. My encounter of you in my dreams will leave me with the energy to make them come true. I hope to see you soon. My feelings rest in my heart tonight waiting to explode as soon as the sun rises. I love you.

99. You pierced my heart with the arrow of love hence, it gushes a spring of passion. Precious in my world is the contour of your smile hence, I’ll do anything to see you grin. With so much love, I wish you a very good night, my love.

100. I grieve when the night comes because it snatches my love away from me. Mornings are my favourite because they are full of great hope to see your face for the longest time. Believe you me, I’ll draw you closer than yesterday once my eyes behold you once more. Sleep tight, my love. I adore you.

You’ll be the happiest man alive tonight after sending these sweet goodnight messages to her.

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