“You keep making poetry out of people who never stayed as if all the pretty words in the world can cover up the heartache.”— Genefe Navilon, letters-to-the-sea.tumblr.com
“Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you?”— Richard Siken, poeticfuck.blogspot.dk
“What I can do is paint you a picture of what you’ll never see when you’re with a guy who’s really into you: You’ll never see you staring maniacally at your phone, willing it to ring. You’ll never see you ruining an evening with friends because you’re calling for your messages every fifteen seconds.…”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“I wanted to tell him I cared too much. What I didn’t care about was picking up a guy for a night. Maybe I was going through a phase, but love for a night wasn’t love, and taking a stranger to bed wasn’t any different than buying a lottery ticket. Did you really expect to win?”— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, narrativemagazine.com
“When we lose twenty pounds, we may be losing the best twenty pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.”— Woody Allen, books.google.com
“I took a breath and watched as he leaned down over my exposed, lumpy belly. Very lightly, he kissed it. He kissed the spot beneath my ribs and all the way down to my navel. He kissed across my lower stomach, that wretched expanse where the stretch marks raked across my skin, then up and down my side…”— Kelsey Miller, amazon.com
“There is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shore, no matter how many times it is sent away.”— Unknown, like-thorns-on-a-rose.tumblr.com
“You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars.”— Anaïs Nin, pinterest.com
“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”— E.A. Bucchianeri, amazon.com
“I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.”— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com
“What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?”— Jess Walter, amazon.com
“Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.”— Anna Quindlen, amazon.com
“It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that you’re not alone.”— Kristina McMorris, amazon.com
“When you lose someone, you get used to living day to day without them. But you’ll never get used to the ‘10 second heartbreak.’ That’s the time it takes to wake to full consciousness each day and remember.”— Nina Guilbeau, amazon.com
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”— John Keats, amazon.com