“Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you, they're ready to leave.”— James Salter, amazon.com
“A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.”— Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com
“It took me two years to give him all of my heart, and he threw it away in one night.”— Dannika Dark, amazon.com
“If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.”— W. Somerset Maugham, amazon.com
“As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.”— W. Somerset Maugham, amazon.com
“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”— Virginia Satir, amazon.com
“The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play”— Erik Erikson, goodreads.com
“All that time I had spent readying myself, the articles that taught me life was really just a waiting room until someone noticed you - the boys had spent that time becoming themselves.”— Emma Cline, amazon.com
“Love is that micro-moment of warmth and connection that you share with another living being.”— Barbara L. Fredrickson, goodreads.com
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”— Brené Brown, goodreads.com
“What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?”— Jacques Lacan, goodreads.com
“Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It’s a wonderful thing, t…”— Dean Spade, samesame.com.au
“Make love like you have no secrets like you’ve never been left never been hurt like the world don’t owe you a single wretched thing.”— Warsan Shire, goodreads.com
“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.”— Simone de Beauvoir, goodreads.com
“Love hasn't got anything to do with the heart, the heart's a disgusting organ, a sort of pump full of blood. Love is primarily concerned with the lungs. People shouldn't say "she's broken my heart" but "she's stifled my lungs." Lungs are the most romantic organs: lovers and artists always contract t…”— Frederic Beigbeder, goodreads.com
“The conversation between your fingers and someone else’s skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have.”— Iain Thomas, goodreads.com
“Don’t google your name. Ever. Don’t ‘search’ for yourself on anything that glows in the dark. Don’t let your beauty be something anyone can turn off. Don’t edit your ugly out of your bio. Let your light come from the fire. Let your pain be the spark, but not the timber. Remember, you didn’t come her…”— Andrea Gibson, andrewgibby.tumblr.com
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”— Vincent Van Gogh, goodreads.com
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time f…”— Paulo Coehlo, goodreads.com