“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”— Eleanor Roosevelt, wiseoldsayings.com
“Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.”— Merle Shain, wiseoldsayings.com
“I'm so afraid of losing something I love, that I refuse to love anything.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, wiseoldsayings.com
“It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!”— May Sarton, wiseoldsayings.com
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”— Bertrand Russell, wiseoldsayings.com
“Empowered Women 101: If they made you an option you will always be an option vs. the person they really wanted. Don't ever settle for someone that makes you go through hell only to stay with you because they don't have the confidence to go get what they really want. Fear will always follow your rule…”— Shannon L. Alder, cottagegardenliving.wordpress.com
“If you deny a man sex and he doesn’t continue to pursue you after you have rejected him; that is concrete proof he was never genuinely interested in YOU.”— Kara King, amazon.com
“When you’re in a relationship you tend to lose yourself, worrying more about your partner instead of your needs. Now, you can figure out what you want in life and understand yourself better. You need independent happiness before you’re in a relationship and it’s a lot faster to learn and grow on you…”— Eumi Er, stackstreet.com
“There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about being in love—it's sort of undeniable.”— Piper Perabo, getinspired365.com
“SELFLESS LOVE. If you have a special person in your life, but you find yourselves arguing, irritated and/or fighting out of the blue… you both need to try to step back and be selfless and think of the other person... with no ego of your own. No ego. We are ALL dealing with our own tough issues. We m…”— José N. Harris, marianna68.com
“And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other. Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.”— 500 Days of Summer, amazon.com
“It would be foolish not to take the circumstances into consideration. Was the person who cheated on you someone with whom you were in a long-term relationship and the cheating was a one-night stand under the influence of alcohol? That would be much different than if it was someone you'd only just st…”— Dr. Ruth Westheimer, articles.chicagotribune.com
“We don’t know the exact numbers because people lie about sex and 10 times more about adultery. But the vast majority of people we come into contact with in our offices are content in their marriages. They are longtime monogamists who one day cross a line into a place they never thought they would go…”— Esther Perel, slate.com
“I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.”— Art Williams, amazon.com
“After the revelation of an affair, some couples have the most passionate sex they’ve ever had. That’s a big, unspoken truth. There’s something about the fear of loss that triggers desire and a depth of conversation that helps some people access a new level of honesty.”— Esther Perel, insidehook.com
“We had the benefit of a fabulous counselor who helped us work through the fallout of infidelity. Who taught my husband how to just be with me in my pain and accept responsibility without flinching. She showed us how to rebuild a marriage based on honesty and transparency. She made it clear that no m…”— Anonymous Woman, yesandyes.org