“Being in a relationship is hard. And committing, making sacrifices it's hard. But if it's the right person, it's easy. Looking at that girl, and knowing she's all you really want out of life, that should be the easiest thing in the world/ And if it's not like that then she's not the one.”— Marshall, amazon.com
“Success in your twenties is more about setting the table than enjoying the feast.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“While the feeling of being unloved may be true at this moment, being unloved is a lie. This is a damaging falsehood that makes children of domestic violence believe they are unworthy of tenderness or care. Of course, all children are loveable and deserve to feel that way. When they don’t, it’s confu…”— Brian F. Martin, Tony Robbins Brian F. Martin, amazon.com
“Most couples don’t get along because they are constantly wishing their spouse was someone else: a better listener, a thriftier spender, a sexier lover, etc. This type of wishful thinking is harmful to your relationship and will only lead to frustration because you can’t change anyone who doesn’t wan…”— Robert Chen, embracepossibility.com
“The best thing you can do is treat your partner like you would a dog. (Before any protests start, just bear with me for a second.) Just think about it. How do you treat your dog? You don’t expect him to be anything that he’s not, because he is completely authentic. You just expect him to be a dog. H…”— Paid to Exist, paidtoexist.com
“God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade: Exit seraphim and Satan's men: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I fancied you'd return the way you said, But I grow old and I forget your name. (I think I made you up inside my head.) I should have loved a thunderbird instead; At least when sp…”— Sylvia Plath, neuroticpoets.com
“Narcissists and sociopaths are aware of their actions and the impact of their actions – we know this not only from the voices of narcissists and sociopaths themselves but also in the way they smear their victims and the various methods they use to escape accountability such as gaslighting and projec…”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“Highly sensitive beings suffer more but they also love harder, dream wider and experience deeper horizons and bliss. When you’re sensitive, you’re alive in every sense of this word in this wildly beautiful world. Sensitivity is your strength. Keep soaking in the light and spreading it to others.’”— Victoria Erickson, victoriaerickson.com
“The experience of love is created by giving the gift of acceptance and appreciation.”— Bill Ferguson, masteryoflife.com
“Don’t lose YOU in your search for acceptance by others. Be aware that you will always appear to be a little less than some people prefer you to be, but that most people are unaware that you are so much more than what they see. You are good enough just the way you are. You have nothing to prove to an…”— Marc Chernoff, marcandangel.com
“Within the relationship itself, unconditional love is the ability to love the other person as they are in their essence. If you have fallen in love with this person and want to build a lasting relationship with them, then you must view them as a unique individual — not as an extension of yourself. W…”— Barrie Davenport, liveboldandbloom.com
“I call it Reality Training: This means recognizing that if you want to be happy, you need to accept people as they are and find ways to deal with how they are, or don’t.”— Daylle Deanna Schwartz, huffingtonpost.com
“Love is a fiction, a fable, an ode spun by poets and drunks, a fantastical tale told across one thousand and one nights, it is the genie in the bottle, it is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it's the lie designed to seduce you.”— Lauren Blakely, amazon.com
“If I were a rock star, I’d have Taylor Swifted him and written one of those anthemic I don’t love you anymore songs.”— Lauren Blakely, amazon.com
“Love and happiness are nothing but distractions.”— John C. Kelley, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“There is not a thin line between love and hate. There is - in fact - a Great Wall of China with armed sentries posted every 20 feet between love and hate.”— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It does…”— Oriah Mountain Dreamer, amazon.com
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep…”— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com