“You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.”— Warsan Shire, genius.com
“I really care about you and I don’t want to anymore, because it feels really shitty for me.”— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, amazon.com
“The worst stuff that you say sounds better than the best stuff that some other people say.”— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, amazon.com
“I have been dating someone who treats my heart like it's monkey meat. I feel like a delusional invisible person half the time, so I need to learn what it's like to be treated well before it's too late for me.”— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, amazon.com
“I just want someone who wants to hang out all the time and thinks I’m the best person in the world and wants to have sex with only me.”— Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath, Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham, amazon.com
“And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”— Thomas Merton, amazon.com
“Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.”— Fran Lebowitz, books.google.com
“People aren’t always what you want them to be. Sometimes they disappoint you or let you down, but you have to give them a chance first. You can’t just meet someone and expect them to be everything you’re looking for and then be angry when they’re not every hope and aspiration you projected onto them…”— Chloe Rattray, amazon.com
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”— Erica Jong, amazon.com
“I was deluded, and I knew it... For the truth of it was: Pippa and I saw each other maybe twice a year; we e-mailed and texted, though with no great regularity; when she was in town we loaned each other books and went to the movies; we were friends; nothing more. My hopes for a relationship with her…”— Donna Tartt, amazon.com
“i knew his heart was yours but i wanted to become an alchemist to make gold of the pieces i received because all i ever felt was the dark side of his leaded heart.”— K.Y. Robinson, wordporn.com
“He keeps me in his pocket for a rainy day; he swears I'm not an object as he yo-yo's me away. A friend is what we'll call it, but my friend, he does not know, each time it rains I love him— so to his pocket, I must go. He thinks he's being clever, but I am not a fool; his love ain't worth a penny, s…”— Coco J. Ginger, courtingmadness.wordpress.com
“I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped on the flags! In every cloud, in every tree – filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object, by day I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men, and women – my own features mock me with a resemblance.…”— Emily Brontë, amazon.com
“The side-chick is not just the second option; she’s also a human being.”— Kadia Blagrove, thoughtcatalog.com
“Even now I'll see her looking at him, her eyes milky yet full of longing, and all he ever gives her is a gentle, absent nod.”— Jane Avrich, amazon.com
“I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else.”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com
“Sometimes it seems like everything I’ve done has been to help you be ready for someone else.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com