Character Building at Barfield Elementary

I had an amazing Virtual Author Visit with Barfield Elementary School students this week! We spent the day reading Pretty Dolls and building characters. One first grader told me his character was a ping-pong ball with a penchant for ice cream. Love it!

Swoon-Worthy Literary Love Quotes

Need some passion inspo this Valentine's Day?  Whether you're feeling mushy, gushy, or crushy - look no further than a book for a swoon-worthy literary love quote.  

Here are some of my favorites:

"Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches." 

—William Goldman, The Princess Bride

"When he shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night

And pay no worship to the garish sun." 

—William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet

"You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant”

—Rupi Kaur, milk and honey

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”

–Pablo Neruda, Sonnet XVII

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.” —A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

“Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.” 

― Toni Morrison, Jazz

"Love shook my heart

Like the wind on the mountain

rushing over the oak trees." 

— Sappho

"We loved with a love that was more than love." 

—Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee"

“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.”

—Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind

"Who, being loved, is poor?" — Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance

"I will not play at tug o' war.

I'd rather play at hug o' war,

Where everyone hugs

Instead of tugs,

Where everyone giggles

And rolls on the rug,

Where everyone kisses,

And everyone grins,

And everyone cuddles,

And everyone wins." 

— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

For more literary love inspiration and classroom activities, check out my Literary Love Quote Task Cards and Valentine's Day Literary Bundle

Love, read, and write with abandon...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!