- “Too much had happened that night, too much had happened before that night, and so too much climbed into bed with them, sat heavily upon them, and kept them up and thinking, even if they did not say the things they were thinking to each other.” ― Emily M. Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
- If you attack someone’s identity, you shut down all conversations with them. Naval Ravikant
- “By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- “We are all mothers, when it comes down to it. And men are all children.” ― Daniel Polansky, The Seventh Perfection
- “Women Empowerment Reminder of The Day. Always respect yourself as a woman. You attract what you are, so be very mindful of how you’re representing yourself. If you want respect, you must first learn how to respect yourself, first. Attracting negative attention is never a good thing. Be a woman of substance! Be a woman that both women and men respect, admire, and look up to. Don’t disrespect yourself by lowering your standards and accepting just anything that comes your way. It’s okay to be single! If you want a relationship of substance, you can’t keep entertaining people and things that mean you no good. Think about it! It’s all up to you.” ― Stephanie Lahart
- “So we have to develop a very open loving attitude in our relationships with people. With everybody we meet, whether they are nice to us or not, we must have that initial feeling of “May you be well and happy”. Just a good feeling. It doesn’t mean we have to be stupid or that we can’t see that some people are bad or are going to cheat us. To be non-judgemental doesn’t mean that we are not discriminating. It means that we see the situation very clearly, we see clearly the kind of person before us, but we don’t react with anger. We don’t have to allow ourselves to be pushed around, we don’t have to be doormats for others to wipe their feet on. We can be very clear about what this person’s motivation is; we see it, and so can’t be trapped, cheated or abused.” ― Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Three Teachings
- “Insane quasi poetry glorifying a pointless act of intimacy” ― Amie Kaufman, Gemina
- “Not bad. Human. You’ve really got to stop seeing things as all bad or all good. And you’ve got to learn that just because someone tells you something that you don’t want to hear, doesn’t mean that person’s out to get you.” ― Paula Danziger, There’s a Bat in Bunk Five
- “The creator creates by creating; not by thinking, or trying, or working, or anything else… simply create something out of nothing.” ― Meir Ezra
- “Whatever you conclude you become: I am weak, you will be weak; I am smart, you will be smart; he is bad, he will be bad. The moment you stop concluding your wife is beautiful, she will not be beautiful. ” ― Meir Ezra
- “That’s the problem with relationships,” George was saying. “It’s a contract. You agree to be some unchanging caricature of yourself. To act the same way all the time. Never to change. It’s counter-evolutionary. How can anything new and good come into your life, if you’re holding on to something that doesn’t exist anymore?” ― Alex Shakar, Luminarium
- “Don’t leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.” ― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
- “The best foundation for relationships to grow, flourish, and succeed is a deep-rooted friendship.” ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable
- “All relationships are this way. Whether it’s the relationship to a place, a person, a job, or some personal endeavor – our old wounds will arise for revisiting once we stay put. It’s what we do next that matters.” ― Vanessa Osage, Can’t Stop the Sunrise: Adventures in Healing, Confronting Corruption & the Journey to Institutional Reform
- “For years I’ve been searching for a homeland, finally I found it in you..” ― Seja Majeed, The Forgotten Tale of Larsa
- “When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an authentic connection with another person.” ― Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
- “When you readily throw words around like ‘beautiful’, ‘gorgeous’ and ‘sexy’…Ensure the first person to hear them is the one who deserves them…” ― Virginia Alison
- “She didn’t want me; she wanted all of me. I didn’t mind saying it. My girlfriend scared the crap out of me.” ― T.J. Forrester, Miracles, Inc.: A Novel
- “I would see him, Edward.’It was no request; he knew it to be an ultimatum. He shook his head violently, not trusting his voice. Time passed. She was staring at him, saying nothing, and on her face was a look of stunned disbelief, of anguished accusation he knew would haunt him for the rest of his life. But when she spoke, her voice held no hint of tears. It was not a voice to offer either understanding or absolution, spoke of no quarter given, of a lifetime of love denied.’God may forgive you for this,’ she said, very slowly and distinctly, ‘but I never shall.” ― Sharon Kay Penman, The Sunne in Splendour
- “Completely different impressions of someone can each be created by a selection of facts, or even a single fact, from the very same collection of facts about them.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “If you are allowing someone to lift you up with praise and compliments, you are giving them power to throw you down with blame and insults.” ― Shunya
- “He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.” ― Nenia Campbell, Armed and Dangerous
- “If you’re trapped in the dream of the Other, you’re fucked.” ― Gilles Deleuze
- “She stared at me, like day stares at an hourglass and night, the sand trickling through time; the sea disappearing to eyes in the dark. But I hear her waves coming in, as she whispers one last chance goodbye.” ― Anthony Liccione
- “There’s more than 7 billion people on earth, make sure you pick the right person for you” ― Abdelnacer Jabri
- “We make people special to us, believing that they can save us. When one thing doesn’t work, we look somewhere else to be saved. We rarely question the concept, itself. Sometimes, we don’t look to another person to save us but to money, acknowledgement, a title, a cause, a notion of ourselves. None of it can save us. We travel the path in different ways; some are polite, some are ruthless, some are clever, some are instinctive. In the end, it all leads to the same despairing place. In the unsuspecting quiet moments, there it is; a sense of peace and a feeling that everything is fine without searching for anything to be saved by.” ― Donna Goddard, Waldmeer
- “Stop explaining to others, people will only understand from their level of discernment.” ― Abhishek Shukla, The Reflection “Success or Stress”Choose Wisely
- “Despite everythingI still thank the universe For blessing me with you As my firstIf I could love you this much For this long— And on my first try — Then surely,I could love someone else more Far better,Far longer.” ― Dawn Lanuza, The Last Time I’ll Write About You
- “If love isn’t there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.” ― Donna Goddard
- “The highest human ability is to grant beingness.” ― Meir Ezra