You see yourself as very average, ordinary. And there is nothing ordinary about you, Rachel.” (Something Borrowed)

What if two people want to be your partner, then what?

Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from,...

Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have the old standby catchall–the blind belief in fate, the whole...

You can love someone you mistrust.

…recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void…

People generally didn’t cheat in good relationships.

Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.

his unwavering confidence – but now, it feels like a brand of indifference

I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.

Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it in them to make a wrong decision just because it felt right?

And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.

I looked at my friend, overwhelmed with confusion. Unsure of what April should do. What I should do. What a strong woman would do. In fact, the only thing that I am certain of is...

Being married cuts on your freedom. Having a husband or a relationship at all puts constraints on you. by Michael.