Lust Versus Love
A Touch of Gray
A Suspenseful Tale
of LOVE
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WARNING:
The author of
this story was strongly craving chocolate and
coffee during these posts...cravings may
be contagious.
Once upon a
time...
long before all of the battles of the world were
raged, and long before there were worldly kings
and queens, there lived a man and a woman.
They were amazed at the world they lived in and
astonished by its beauty, but even more so than
all of those things, there was love. There
were no painful words or put downs said, no
rejections or coldness to their touch.
They were one and to put it quite simply and
beautifully, they completed each other with
incredible ease. Life was wonderful.
One day, however, a dark shadow approached.
It smoothly found its way to where they stood
and whispered the first lie into their ears,
bringing a twist of ugly thoughts to their
minds.
Their vision twisted, the words tainted love
into nothing more than a mere selfish illusion.
Little did they know that this illusion was
existent within the depth of their own minds,
rippling down within the recess of their own
self-image.
This illusion was the perception of their own
worth and has echoed down through the ages.
Sabotaging love from the inside out, the
illusion illustrates our worth and self-love.
We reach out desperately for another love to
fill this place of distorted void, yet none
can...nor ever will wake us from our own
self-perception.
Can we wake from the shadows of our
darkest places, and love our own selves once
again?
Take a
sweet BITE of chapter 1...
Don't
be shy
Lust Verses Love
Enjoy these great
love quotes!
“I wish I had understood a year ago, love that
is, how black and white being in love will
appear. If I had known then that I was
playing into a pointless hand, I would have put
my cards down long ago and stopped the foolish
game. Now I’m left with the aftermath of
not only losing the game, but losing my dignity
as well. Now I see that all his cards were
blank and yet I fell for his bluff every single
time.”
- Stephanie
Schneider
“I'm selfish,
impatient and a little insecure. I make
mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard
to handle. But if you can't handle me at my
worst, then you sure as %#$@ don't deserve me at
my best.”
― Marilyn
Monroe
“I love you
without knowing how, or when, or from where. I
love you simply, without problems or pride: I
love you in this way because I do not know any
other way of loving but this, in which there is
no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my
chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall
asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo
Neruda
“This life is
what you make it. No matter what, you're going
to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.
But the good part is you get to decide how
you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your
friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just
remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay
with you through everything - they're your true
best friends. Don't let go of them. Also
remember, sisters make the best friends in the
world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go
too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them -
actually pretty much all of them are going to
break your heart, but you can't give up because
if you give up, you'll never find your soul
mate. You'll never find that half who makes you
whole and that goes for everything. Just because
you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at
everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always,
always, always believe in yourself, because if
you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your
head high, keep your chin up, and most
importantly, keep smiling, because life's a
beautiful thing and there's so much to smile
about.”
― Marilyn
Monroe
“I learned that
feeling love and being loved are two very
different things. Being loved is a solid
shelter that comes in the darkest of storms,
shielding you for your safe keeping.
Feeling love, on the other hand can be quite an
illusion, interpreting your own heart and
longings through empty, lust filled touch.”
- Stephanie
Schneider
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