When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don’t know who is breathing for who, but his mouth and tongue taste like warm honey. I don’t know how long it lasts, but when I let go of him, I miss it already.
— On The Jellicoe Road, by Melinda Marchetta.

When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don’t even have to kiss to have fireworks go off. It’s like fireworks in your heart all the time.
— I Heart You - You Haunt Me, by Lisa Schroeder.

The red rose whispers of passion, 
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
But I sent you a cream-white rosebud
With a flush on its petal tips;

Sometimes, I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is that it wants. The way it stops and starts.
— Edgar Allan Poe.

Tinker Bell — possibly, the quintessential faery. As characterized by J. M. Barrie in Peter Pan, she exhibits so many traditional faery qualities: we first experience her as a small glow of pure light; her form is only visible when stationary; she is described as “still growing.” So, like all faeries, she is in a state of flux and transformation. She is dressed in a skeleton-leaf dress, indicating that she is not only connected to nature but also inner nature. Her costume reveals her figure to “the best advantage,” and she is “slightly inclined to embonpoint” — a phrase that lends an earthy, sensual quality to her more ethereal nature. She is in transition between childhood and womanhood. Her voice is typical of the Fae in that it has to be translated to be understood. The bell tinkles and chirruping that faeries use to communicate make a language as difficult and puzzling as any riddle.

Live beautifully,
Dream passionately,
Love completely.