I will be on the look out for you, my dear girl,” he wrote. “You must expect to give yourself up when you come.” For this buttoned-up age, for Burnham, it was a letter that...

Without such trust and safety, social relationships tend to become strategic rather than cooperative, increasingly full of skepticism and even anxiety and fear about others’ intentions. (p. 27)

The business of business is people, not products or services. Take care of the people, and the people will take care of you.

I passed my past, because if I could get any of it back, I’d only want about a quarterback. That 25% would be the love I had for her, before I fumbled it away.

I was a fool. I should have grabbed him when I could have had him all to myself, snatched him up like a ripe mango at the market. But how was I to know that...

One thing I have come to realize is that love is not always happiness.

no matter how useful the electricity may be, it needs connections to function

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.

I wanted you mine. I wanted me yours.

You said i could call you when i wanted but that you wouldn’t call me. you have to decide where and when, you said. if you leave it up to me i’ll want to see...

I just want you to know that where ever life takes you, I’ll always be happy for you as long as its something that makes you happy because that’s all that really makes me happy....

…friends were more important than lovers – not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships.

Those who cannot have your love, will gladly accept your hatred.

We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.

Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking their phones. But there was nothing to be done for this. We couldn’t...

Although healing brings a better life, it also threatens to permanently alter life as you’ve known it. Your relationships, your position in the world, even your sense of identity may change. Coping patterns that have...

Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.Good things come to those who wait.

Love never dies but the affection/passion you have for each other may fade over time when you don’t personally connect with each other.

I know that whatever you decide, you’ll be happy, Summer, and that is the only thing I could ever wish. Whatever happens in the rest of this summer, whatever happens the rest of your life,...

Ordinarily, her love affairs are entered into skittishly, sometimes reluctantly. She doesn’t dive into bed but flutters in like a wayward moth.

Recognize the difference between a dream and a nightmare, and date the man from your dreams, not your nightmares.

I got my heart’s desire, and there my troubles began.

The game never changes, you must be in the secret before you are shown to the public.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Ya aşkın –bundan fazlası- olduğuna inandığımız şeyleri tecrübe ederiz, ya da bunların hiçbirisini tecrübe etmeden, sırf aşkı bulduğunu söyleyen diğer insanlar gibi olabilmek için, onların yaptığı şeyleri taklit etmeye başlarız.

The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life

Margarita mėgdavo sakyti, kad yra dvi rūšys moterų: tos, kurios matomos kiaurai, ir tos, kurios nešioja paslaptį. Ir kad tai yra svarbiausia, ką vyrai išsyk pajunta, ir svarbiausia, kas juos patraukia arba ne. Vienus traukia...

This emotion I’m feeling now, this is love, right?””I don’t know. Is it a longing? Is it a giddy stupid happiness just because you’re with me?””Yes,” she said.”That’s influenza,” said Miro. “Watch for nausea or...

This catch-22 happens a lot to men. A man can sense that a woman wants to know if he loves her. He doesn’t want to share those feelings because, if he does, she will expect...

I opened the door and stepped in. Raw pain filled me at the sight of my painting. ‘Show me what it looked like, before the fire.’ His request surprised me, but I did as he...

I’m terrified of getting involved with someone who disappoints me or leaves me empty and alone. I’m terrified of rejection, so I set my expectations so high that they can never be met, and I...

There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor the other of my detestation. This kind of dissimulation…is a...

Slowly, then all at once.Slowly, as I take my time to know the things that would endear me to you. Slowly, as I attempt to cultivate a bond I hope would never easily sever. Slowly,...

You know you’ve reached the end of a relationship: when your lover now demands that your jokes be funny before they laugh.

Got the itch? – Jared

The more I learned the less I felt I knew you and I got lost counting stars, I fell dreaming. Sometimes I’d wander away. Maybe I wasn’t ready or maybe it was just a hard...

She got inside me with her story. I could feel her flowing in me and far, faraway I related in parallel. Her smile was a reflection of my own brokenness. It defined buried feelings that...

I love you because you loved me first. Yet you love me, saying I loved you first. Funny, our love thrives believing the other person started it.

Focus. She’s Maddie. Your friend. Would you eyeball Keith or Dane’s butt like that? ~ Zach

Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me.Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you.But asking for help with gratitude says:We have the power to help each other.

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...

Love is treating yourself at least as well as you treat others, understanding when someone isn’t good for you and knowing when it’s time to walk away…

It is impossible to maintain fantasy in the face of true emotional intimacy. Fantasy alienates, disconnects, and isolates people. Fantasy and cults isolate people. Fantasy is a cult. Weather that fantasy is nationalism, racism, or...

It’s like a big circle. I’ve gone on a get-a-man crusade, but so far it’s been a disaster and I’m feeling as bad about myself as I ever have. I know I’m a great person...

If the ultimate goal is lasting love, women are going to have to become comfortable with sacrifice and capitulation. Because those are the underpinnings of a long-term marriage – for both sexes.

The endless thing in the world is Love.That is Beautiful.

Value all relationships for the lessons they teach. Make sure you learn the lessons well. If not you will repeat those mistakes over and over.Focus on the kind of relationship you do want! Surround yourself...

The grandeur of a profession is…above all, uniting men: there is only one true luxury, that of human relationships.

When you share feelings with someone, or secrets, it adds a layer of complexity to even the simplest things.