She felt as if she had somehow failed him and herself by allowing his mother’s behavior to upset her. She should be above it; she should shrug it off as the ranting of a village...

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

A sister should set her brother up with one of her friends, unless her only friend is her sister.

I run my household like a marathon. That’s 26.2 miles of me taking orders from my significant other, who has significantly more control over the relationship than I do.

People never hate you! They just dont like themselves in your presence.

I keep my motivational book collection in the fridge. Hey, Who Moved My Cheese?! Did somebody let grandpa out of his cage again?

Mine Enemy is growing old –I have at last Revenge –The Palate of the Hate departs –If any would avenge Let him be quick — the Viand flits –It is a faded Meat –Anger as...

One thing I’ve learned is that you can’t want a relationship by yourself. A relationship, by definition, is an emotional or other connection between people-“between” being the operative word. That means, you can’t be the...

The three of us met to discuss dinner over sandwiches, and I decided I liked them. The sandwiches, not the people. I hated those fucking people.

In life, it is important that we act fast. If you don’t act fast and act now, someone else will do exactly what you have thought of doing. Someone else would have fired while you...

Love can make people do crazy things. I once saw a man streak down Blanding Blvd. with only a banana peel stapled over his manhood. I’m not sure he was in love, but he was...

To the immature, other people are not real.

People are like chains, the closer they are, the stronger they become.

misgivings, n.Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. “There are things I miss,” you said. “But if I didn’t have you, I’d miss more.

Can I have a glass of water?” Her voice was hoarse, probably from screaming. She’d always sounded like that after they’d-He didn’t just force the thought aside. He clubbed it unconscious, threw it into a...

I can see that the sadness has returned. And it’s not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.

The ultimate relationship is within thyself, knowing that all other relationships are a projection or a reflection of our ability or inability to love.

I’m trusting you not to break my heart. If it gets even a scratch, I’ll break your face. -Shaye

If love comes to you in a way that isn’t the norm then at least it came to you; not everyone is that lucky.

Art has one purpose, that is to leave you changed. Love has one purpose, that is to create art.

Marriage problems are relationship problems, they are the result of how two people interact with each other. You may abandon a troubled marriage, but you will still bring the way you interact with others along...

A good relationship does not celebrate dependence; it nurtures the spirit of independence. Fall in love with yourself and commit to your goals, dreams and desires, that’s the most important relationship you can be in.

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

A woman is at her greatest peril in the presence of a beautiful man.

It took hours to turn the clock back 30 seconds.

That dip in the road- that sends your belly to your throat… that’s how it feels when you kiss me.

It’s funny how many ways there are to hurt people. As many ways to hurt as there are species of flower. Whole bouquets of hurt.

I like her just fine, but you should watch yourself around her. Tennyson is given to obsession, and her obsessions tend to run toward trouble. It’s kind of a Wyoming thing to push the whole...

Thought I couldn’t live without youIt’s gonna hurt when it heals tooEven though I really love youI’m gonna smile cause I deserve toQuickly I’m learning to love againAll I know is I’mma be ok

deserving” jerk who has it coming after all we do for him/her! As the final insult rings across the room and we regain consciousness, we are horrified by what has come out of our mouth....

I tell myself relationships are hard work. No one is perfect. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.

While each of us must walk this path alone, we need not do so without the empathy, the encouragement and the love of others who are travelling, or have travelled, this terrain—or those who having...

Someone real,” I hear myself saying. “Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who’s smart, but knows how to laugh at himself. Someone who would listen to...

What’s the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing it?

A man who called everyone a damn fool is like a man who damns the weather. He only shows that he is not adapted to his environment, not that the environment is wrong.

When you start loving, your character becomes like the positive side of a magnet and the one you love becomes negative, that pulls people close to you in union, and becomes very difficult to separate.

There goes the girl with the wings,” they say. “The damned dreamer with her eyes shut to the world.””There goes the misguided soul with her heart buried in the ground.”They taunt. They lie. They lie....

Aşk bir yarış değildir. Aşkı yarışa çevirirsen sen kaybedersin. Aşk senden güç talep etmez. Aksine aşk, gücünü bırakmanı ve ona soyunup da gelmeni ister. Bu yüzden aşık olursun, zarar görme riskine rağmen seversin. Kazanacağını bile...

Sometimes when you lose someone, it’s at that moment that you realize how much they mean to you. And when that happens, and when you think about how you let them slip away, you know...

A second date always felt like an announcement at his age. And he never felt ready for the announcement.

Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy’s shocking death, when aides who had been like family to him minutes before, stood in his presence on Air Force...

Speak to the breeze cautiously during those lonely summer nights.

She refused to be one of those girls who fell for a pretty face that just white-washed a total jack-ass underneath. She could ogle, but she would not fall until she knew he deserved her.

I believe with all my heart that the cliches are true, that we are our own best friends and best company, and that if you’re not right for yourself, it’s impossible to be right for...

Being a victim is supposed to set you free; it acquits you of any agency, any sense of responsibility to the person who did you harm. It’s not your fault, they say. Leave him, they...

He loves me. But I love you. But you love her. It’s always that way, isn’t it? You’re willing to wait for her just like I’m willing to wait for you… just like he’s willing...

Most people can’t stand spending a few minutes by themself. Yet they expect others to spend an hour, a day, or, even a lifetime, with them.

LADY BRACKNELLTo speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle.

She wasn’t broken. She was just bent, over the chance of being ignored by the one she loved.