Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers.

When a man plays with your heart it is for one of two reasons: He knows he can or he is undecided.

Hey, neighbor, is your wife free for a date today? -No, I’m taking her out this afternoon? -Great! Then you won’t mind if I come over and mow your lawn. Sucker!

Lovers do things together! They rent videos, they ride Ferris wheels, they go out for pizza, they play Scrabble. They . . . they talk!”Talk?’ He lifted his head and frowned, his eyes puzzled. ‘We...

I make furniture that can be used as weapons. The most dangerous piece of furniture is the Loveseat.

Dating someone exclusively for four months in New York is like four years in Anchorage.

If you live life so cautiously as to never fail, you end up failing at life itself.

However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation — to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and mentor; to our co-workers, neighbors, strangers; and even to forces we...

When you’re angry, use your anger to build a fortress of forgiveness

Some people are dotted lines and other people are destinations. Some people get you somewhere and some people are just a place to be, all in themselves. But you cannot force those dotted lines into...

Networking is more quality, and less quantity. It’s better to form a solid connection with one new person, than a liquid connection with ten. You don’t want people to think you drink too much.

My God, these folks don’t know how to love — that’s why they love so easily.

Boundary violations are deeply experienced.

I love meatloaf.” Of all the things I could have said, that summed up what I hoped our relationship would one day become.

Most men want sex, without the kids or commitment. I want sex, but I don’t want to have to pay any money. But is that possible? I should invent a vending machine that dispenses sex....

I had a dream about you. The ice melted so quickly in our relationship that I didn’t even have a chance to tell you I loved you. So I just sat there, alone, slurping up...

I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.

There’s only one way you can appreciate me in the bedroom—call my wife and get permission for me.

She gave me money to buy condoms, and instead I bought a book of baby names.

#Networking is people looking for people looking for people. As for me, I’m more of a birdwatcher.

Love is a condition. There are many circumstances in life that can affect this condition. So it falls on you and I to insulate love from the things that would cause it harm. We, the...

All the Debbies in the world are too big to be little. Makes me wish I were just two inches taller, you know? I blame my dad—or the mailman. Not sure yet. I get the...

Mourning is essential to uncoupling, as it is to any significant leavetaking. Uncoupling is a transition into a different lifestyle, a change of life course which, whether we recognize and admit it in the early...

Women have been brought up with the false sense that they have all the options in the world. We don’t understand that the culture really isn’t offering us all of these options – there still...

contiguous, adj.I felt silly for even mentioning it, but once I did, I knew I had to explain. “When I was a kid, “I had this puzzle with all fifty states on it–you know, the...

I had a dream about you. You were canned laughter, and I was a can of tomato paste. I was organic, but you were completely artificial. You thought people liked having you around, but I...

I make so many plans but fail at follow-through. Gemini mind once a mat for you to wipe your feet. I’d beg for it. I’d plead ‘Here! I’m here waiting for you to be the...

Godly relationships will help grow, replenish, and refuel us so we can continually move closer to our dreams… It’s critical that we constantly evaluate whom we’re in relationships with to ensure they’re taking us toward...

Friendship is a sacred thing and I do not extend the word lightly. I’ve had long-term romances in my life but few genuine friendships. I am exceedingly picky about who I let in my inner...

Sometimes, despite how your heart feels, you have to do what you must in order to get the result you need. When it’s impossible to walk away then you need to make it hurt and...

You cannot predict the future but you can love and then love some more.

You’re going to listen to me, and for once you’re going to hear what I say and not read between lines that aren’t there.

But to me, one of the key things is to maintain your relationships even if you disagree on some issues. When I left Seminole County one of the comments in the paper that was most...

Age does not matter in most relationships, but in marriage, it matters a lot. If you marry a younger you have to baby sit, and if you marry an older, you have to follow orders.

I know that when I am dying, looking back, it will be women that I regret having argued with, women I sought to impress, to understand…

The kiss intimately relates to the most primitive kind of human contact, which can satisfy all of our needs, like: feeding, enjoying pleasure, tasting, wanting, rejecting, everything we associate with love.

You wouldn’t believe that so much could change just because a relationship ended.

Go into relationships with a positive expectation and looking for God’s glory in others.

I had a dream about you. Your skin was sandpaper and your armpits were hollow, filled with dark chocolate and prunes. You offered me coffee and when I said no you handed me black coffee...

I would be consumed by you,’ she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. ‘You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put...

The more we love, the more it hurts, and the more we have to let go.

When you depersonalize abrasive behavior and see it as a call for help you become a catalyst for the best kind of change.

Is this a negative perspective? The stance of a victim? No, It is a statement of truth. The way it is for a woman who refuses to be cast aside without protest. Who has the...

We spoke on the phone for the first time that morning. My back against the chest of drawers, my knees tucked under my chin. “What are you doing?” You ask. “Staring at my socks,” I...

I’ve crossed paths since with men like him. I wish I could say differently. But I have. And what I have learned is that you dig a little and you find they’re all the same,...

When I speak of life and love as expanding with age, sex seems the least important thing. At any age we grow by the enlarging of consciousness, by learning a new language, or a new...

When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every friendly enemy shows you their colour.

To wisely live your life, you don’t need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

Birinden intikam alacak güce ve imkana sahip olduğumuzda, aslında intikam almış kadar oluyorduk ve rahatlıyorduk. Bu rahatlığın büyümesine izin verirsek, intikam almanın stresine hiç katlanmak zorunda kalmıyorduk. Belki de mesele güçteydi. O güce sahip olma...

I have always been quite good at falling in love, but I don’t pretend to know anything about literal happily ever afters.