There isn’t much difference between “giving” and “leaving”. While the former will ALWAYS come back to you, the latter will only do if it was meant to be yours in the first place.

Take me now, God!” I shout to the inky sky. “I´m ready.””You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet,” Bunny says. “You cannot die married to that man.

Even on my weakest daysI get a little bit stronger

The most surprising thing about breaking up is that you already know how to do it. Everything you need to know, you learned in kindergarten. Yours should always be better than his (especially when it...

Everything is all right,When you’re here,When you’re right next to me,When my hand is in yours,Don’t leave me,Don’t leave me empty handed.

When you realize how much you’re worth, You’ll stop giving people discounts.

You get what you give,” we will tell his sorry, selfish ass.” The Betty Lady has spoken. I detect a Bronx accent.”But,” I demur, “it will make the other woman say, ´See? She IS a...

He’s pressing me to his chest. I melt. Oh, this is where I want to beI rest my head against him, and he kisses my hair repeatedly. This is home. He smells of linen, fabric...

One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up.

I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.

Always a trade. Always a compromise. Until there wasn’t anything left to bargain with, because neither one us had any clue what to do.

And I was — this is just how I was afraid you’d take it. I knew it, that you’d think this means you were right to be afraid all the time and never feel secure...

Taking the Right Decision in any situation only requires TWO major ingredients:Critical Thinking and Grace.Critical Thinking is like ‘Works’ and Grace is like ‘Faith’. So if “Faith without Works is dead,” then same, I believe,...

How can I grieve what is still in motion?” I ask her. “Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding,” I say. “It´s Normandy out there.

To love everyone unconditionally does not mean to give everyone your unconditional time. Sometimes, to love completely, we must never see someone again. This, too, is love. This is giving someone the freedom to exist...

disintegrated” really meant. But I had to sit, blinking at her while this happened. I couldn’t get up or down or scream or vomit the way a visibly injured person might. I sat there.

I have a horrid scar right under my left knee from you. Well, the absence of you. Seems appropriate. But I still miss you. My pillowcase smells like you, so I bury my face in...

At your absolute best, you still won’t be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right person.

For me, it´s sloth,” I say. “Hedonistic sloth and escapism.

But every spiteful word she ever wrote him was effortless love clenched in her fists. Her heart screaming for stability in this fiery game of desire.

Breakups have a way of shaking us awake and helping us see what we really want vs. what we are willing to settle for.

So many events and moments that seemed insignificant add up. I remember how for the last Valentine´s Day, N gave flowers but no card. In restaurants, he looked off into the middle distance while my...

I didn’t plan it,” she said. “I hoped that we would both just know when it was time… That we’d have one of those moments. Like in the movies, foreign movies, when something small happens,...

And one day they tell you that love doesn’t exist between you two. And you start blaming yourself even after knowing that you’ve been cheated on.

Foolishly; ‘I am capable to kill love once again’ for it is my longing that is unusual as the Black Widow.

I miss your smile… but I miss mine more.

How could you do that to me?” I repeat. I don´t have to itemize. He knows what I speak of.Eventually N produces three answers, in this order:1. “Because I am a complete rotter.” I silently...

He was acting like our kiss had broken him, and his reaction was breaking me.

I had to break up with Medusa. I just got sick of buying mice for her hair. I should have ended it sooner, but you try looking into those eyes.

The words come out of my mouth, but they don’t sound like me. I don’t sound like me. Probably because I know it’s all lies. But I can see that they’re lies that Reeve believes....

A lot of the pain you are dealing with right now is really just your thoughts.

Naturally, I do blame Françoise. I blame her for having N in the first place. She was young, she was beautiful, she was married to a doctor, and she was intelligent. She could have abstained...