“Somebody loves you if they don't mind the quiet. They don't mind running errands with you or cleaning your apartment while blasting some annoying music. There's no pressure, no need to fill the silences.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Somebody loves you if they call you out on your bullshit. They’re not passive, they don’t just let you get away with murder. They know you well enough and care about you enough to ask you to chill out, to bust your balls, to tell you to stop. They aren’t passive observers in your life, they are in t…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Somebody loves you if they assume the role of caretaker when you’re sick. Unsure if someone really gives a shit about you? Fake a case of food poisoning and text them being like, ‘oh my god, so sick. need water.’ Depending on their response, you’ll know whether or not they REALLY love you. ‘That’s t…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll know that someone loves you when they do not make excuses. They aren’t trying to evade you or cover any suspicious tracks. They are upfront about where they’ve been, where they’re going and where they are. They want you to understand that they are human and they’ve made mistakes. They know yo…”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“There are already so many uncertainties in life. Someone who loves you will not ever want to be one of them.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll know that someone loves you because they’ll show up to your life.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Someone who loves you doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations. They want you to become the best, most fulfilled version of yourself more than they want to always be in your good graces.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll know that someone loves you when they don’t need you to always be at your best.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll know that someone loves you because they’ll remember the little things about you. They know that you put only half of a sugar in your coffee and that your least favorite time of the week is Tuesday morning.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and the ability to ask questions. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“Maybe your journey is not about finding love, maybe it’s about loving yourself. Maybe it’s about rebuilding yourself or maybe it’s about walking away. Walking away from it all, from what you used to know, from who you used to be and going in another direction where better things await”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Maybe your journey now is about changing your own life. Maybe it’s not about attachment, maybe it’s about letting go.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you're gonna leave, I wish you'd just leave. Why do you keep coming back if you're not going to stay? Because even when you're gone, you're never really gone... I won't get over it if you keep coming back.”— Brodi Ashton, amazon.com
“I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.”— Gabrielle Zevin, amazon.com
“We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.”— Kate Chisman, amazon.com
“She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com
“Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.”— Laurell K. Hamilton, amazon.com
“The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com