“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“She might be your type. But I'm the exact font. I am outside your window. Throw down your hair. I mean the hair you pulled from the drain when you were cleaning your tub. I want everything you have ever tried to wash away. The first time you were bullied in junior high. The last time you blushed fro…”— Andrea Gibson, amazon.com
“All the cows were falling out of the sky and landing in the mud. You were drinking sangria and I was throwing oranges at you, but it didn't matter. I said my arms are very long and your head's on fire. I said kiss me here and here and here and you did.”— Richard Siken, amazon.com
“Close your eyes and picture the sun. That's what it felt like to love her: warmth.”— Atticus, atticuspoetry.tumblr.com
“And all along, I knew I had something special with you, but sometimes you just gotta know that these things fall through, but I'm still tired and I can't hide my connection with you.”— ZARA LARSSON, amazon.com
“I'm afraid that something will reveal itself once we’ve exchanged our vows, and suddenly my life will be worse than when I was alone.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“Here's a list of things to remember: Time heals. Mountain winds sound exactly like ocean waves. You are worth everything now. Walls can be destroyed. The sun always rises (and is always beautiful). Children know the answers. Trees can grow through rock. There is music in everything – like rain on ci…”— Victoria Erickson, rebellesociety.com
“I was glad I wasn’t in love, that I wasn’t happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“there is a forbidden drawer in my nightstand but instead of handcuffs, there’s kisses. and caresses. and soft, soft hands.”— Jones Howell, joneshowell.com
“I love to kiss the pictures in your skin. They’ll last until you’re seared to ashes; whatever persists or turns to pain between us, they will still be there. Such permanence is terrifying.”— Kim Addonizio, amazon.com
“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“We have to strive to do extraordinary work, we have to strive to find extraordinary love.”— Bianca Sparacino, shopcatalog.com
“Love doesn’t mean anything if you’re not willing to make a commitment.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“Love doesn’t fit in a round hole. And the world is full of square pegs.”— Rachel Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You need to love yourself now, and you need to have faith that you will meet the person you’re meant to be with one day, even if it’s not today.”— Rachel Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.co.uk
“I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it—I will love you through that, as well. If you don’t need the medication, I will love you, too. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“What makes people difficult and dooms relationships is almost never the people involved. It’s what we are trying to do with them. Inviting someone to marry you is really not a very kind thing to do to someone you love, because it’s going to drag the beloved into a range of really rather unpleasant a…”— Alain de Botton, amazon.com