10 Beautiful love quotes from 'Under the Udala Trees' by Chinelo Okparanta

1. “Maybe love was some combination of friendship and infatuation. A deeply felt affection accompanied by a certain sort of awe. And by gratitude. And by a desire for a lifetime of togetherness.”

2. “The absence of any kind of communication from her was not at all like an absence. It was instead a presence: of mind-pain, like a thick, rusted arrow shooting straight into my head, poisoning my mind with something like tetanus, causing my thoughts to go haywire, a spasm here, a spasm there.”

3. "Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet"

4. "Maybe just holding hands will be all it takes, maybe just holding hands will be enough"

5. "All the things the boy will do, I promise to do better. In all the ways he can love you, I promise to love you better"

6. "Maybe it was a bit of infatuation. But what i knew for sure was that it was also love. Maybe love was some combination of friendship and infatuation. A deeply felt affection accompanied by a certain sort of awe. And by gratitude. And by a desire for a lifetime of togetherness"

7. "Some people, you wonder if God was sleeping when he made them. But you, you are beautiful. God was definitely not sleeping when he made you"

8. “Let peace be. Let life be.”

9. “I suppose it's the way we are, humans that we are. Always finding it easier to make ourselves the victim in someone else's tragedy.”

10. "I love her so much that sometimes I am weak with love"

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