David Alan Royster

Lasting love and forgiveness are two sides of the same page.

They are different now than they were. My mother never had to say she was a queen to be one. I instinctively knew. So it makes sense now that I am sorely confused by the women who try to convince me with words.

I’ve forever wanted a woman who loves like a soldier and fights like a poet. Always with unfailing faithfulness, always for the yearning in her heart.

If you can’t hurt with me, don’t flirt with me.

Give the love that you pray for; someone’s been praying to have it.

I have a habit of running from the things I’ve prayed for and then asking God to send them again.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

To live is like to love – all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

She doesn’t let me have control anymore. I must’ve crossed a line, I must’ve lost my mind.

I’m standing in the ashes of who I used to be.

My father, soft as rainclouds, my mother, hard as hail, prepared me to take the world by storm.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I bet you kiss your knuckles right before they touch my cheek.

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.

Thunder only happens when it’s raining; players only love you when they’re playing.

I have you in one world, but I need you in two: the hands and the heart, just one won’t do.

I’m fine with the ups and downs in our story as long as the theme is love.

Every heart has its own skeletons.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.