“I was not made to love quietly. I have never known how to do it. I shout my emotions without thinking twice. I unzip myself for the entire world to see.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“But if you want something magic, you have to be open to looking for it. You have to be ready with outstretched arms when it finally arrives. You need to know that magic, as all things do, still requires work. Your Great Love is going to be so, so great. Don’t wait around passively for it. Go look. G…”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“If he is afraid of your strength, do not let your muscles atrophy. Do not ask him what you can do to be weaker. If you soften your voice, will it make him stay? Can you shape-shift into something that doesn’t threaten his masculinity? If he cannot handle you as the powerhouse you are, you need to le…”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re single because you know what you deserve and you haven’t found it yet. And you know that being with the wrong someone is often worse than being alone. You’re single because you just are. And frankly, you don’t owe anyone an explanation. You don’t ever owe the world an answer.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“It never crossed my mind how much happier I’d be once you were gone. That’s the thing with toxic people, we can’t see how much damage they were doing until we’ve put the needed distance between. For all the times you made me laugh, I conveniently blocked out the tears and emotional punches. I painte…”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“When he tells you he wants you only to soften the blow of what will come next, do not allow your heart to believe she is safe. Send her on a rocket ship to the moon, or sun, or anywhere far enough that his words won’t reach. Let lack of gravity do its job.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“I keep loving loudly. I keep trying, giving myself and my heart and everything else I have to give. And I’m not sorry for it. I’m not sorry for being this way, for not holding back. I’m not sorry for wanting to take a chance that could leave me bruised and embarrassed than to not say I tried at all.…”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com
“John and I met in the summer of 2011. I was living in Long Island and he lived in Eastern Kentucky. I went to school with his cousin and she invited me to come visit her family over summer break. There was John sitting at her kitchen counter as I came running through the door excited that you could…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“I had been widowed for over a year and wasn't looking for love but sometimes it finds you anyways. Troy and I met at a friend’s house party. Right from the start we couldn’t get enough of each other and barely spent a day apart. When I decided to bring Troy home to meet my parents, I warned him that…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“I met Kordell almost 4 years ago when I spent my summer volunteering at a summer camp. Kordell was the attractive guy who worked on the ropes course and we became fast friends. He would save me a seat everyday at lunch, walk on the busy side of the road, and always text me goodnight. I was completel…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“I was 16 and heading home from cheer practice when I realized I couldn't go another day without shaving my legs. I stopped by the grocery store to pick up a razor and ran into Alex, a friend of mine from school. Alex was picking up some groceries with his older brother John, who I felt an instant co…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“I met my husband on Twitter. Why am I telling you this? 1. It's an epic story. 2. Because it shows that true love will find you when you're ready to receive it. When I was in a place of self-love, that's when the Universe brought us together- and via Twitter of all things. So yes, love WILL find you…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“Although most believe that finding true love in the club is not possible, we defied the odds. Blindly introduced by friends, we sat for hours talking about things which are a foggy memory at best, but when the lights came on we realized no one else was left in the building and it was time to leave.…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“I was born in Mexico, raised in Richmond, and have lived in NYC for 15 years. Bryan was born in South Africa and has lived in NYC for 14 years. We met because we lived in the same apartment building literally right next door to each other. I lived in Apartment A2 and Bryan lived in Apartment A4. I w…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“We met in May 2010 at a restaurant I was working at in Santa Monica. He was standing in the lobby of the restaurant and we made eye contact a few times. He wasn't seated in my section so I didn't have any interaction with him to feel out his sexual preference. As he was leaving, I wrote my number on…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“I was in college, sitting in my Government class while planning my wedding scheduled for 10/10/10. I was complaining to the girl sitting next to me that I couldn't find a pianist to play at the ceremony. She suggested someone she knew and gave me his contact information. I looked him up on Facebook,…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“My fiancé and I met in middle school. I remember just looking at him irritated me and I didn't even know why. One day we were arguing and disrupting class, so our punishment was we had to sit next to each other. After a couple weeks of this, we started flirting and not too long after that we started…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com
“Tamara and I are High School Sweethearts and have been together for seven years. When Tamara was 21 years old, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It was a day that I'll never forget. She was diagnosed on Feb 17th, my birthday. To hear the doctor confirm the diagnosis was heartbreaking an…”— The Way We Met, instagram.com