“You can't expect a baboon to learn to flip on command in one session, just as you can't expect an American husband to begin regularly picking up his dirty socks by praising him once for picking up a single sock.”— Amy Sutherland, nytimes.com
“The truth feels like the biggest sucker-punch of them all: it’s not a spouse or land or a job or money that brings us happiness. Those achievements, those relationships, can enhance our happiness, yes, but happiness has to start from within.”— Laura A. Munson, nytimes.com
“Before you find your soul mate, you must first discover your soul.”— Charles F. Glassman, amazon.com
“We spend so much time begging for those who wouldn’t blink twice at the thought of you. Cherish those who are there by choice, and not there because you chased them every time they decided to escape.”— brklynbreed, brklynbreed.tumblr.com
“You need someone who goes out of their way to make it obvious that they want you in their life.”— Eliza Engellenner, facebook.com
“Don’t underestimate the power of another human being to lift you to the highest heaven, or cast you to the lowest hell.”— Bruce Adler, facebook.com
“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
“You just have to say to yourself, 'I'm not willing to accept anything less than what I deserve! I am smart! I am beautiful! I am a good woman and I deserve to be happy!”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“Simply telling her you love her is not enough, you have to consistently show her as well. It’s the combination of the two that makes it believable.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“Don't try to be 'better' that her ex, be 'different' from her ex. She's tired of the same old thing. She's ready for you to show her something different.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“When you have to rely on yesterday's happiness in a relationship, to get you through today, it might be time to move on.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“She doesn’t want you to try to impress her by doing all these wonderful things, in the beginning, knowing that you have no intentions of continuing them once she’s fallen for you; that's false advertising. What she wants is for you to be honest and real with her, from the start, so she can make an i…”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“Just because he made a good best friend doesn't necessarily mean that he will make a good boyfriend.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“Some men have so convinced themselves that a good woman does not exist that they subconsciously will ruin a relationship, with a good woman, just to prove themselves right.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“Some of you are considering going back to the wrong man, not because he deserves a second chance, but because loneliness has caused you to forget why you left him in the first place. Stay focused.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“When a woman truly loves a man, the only person who can mess that up is that man himself.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“Make sure you don't break yourself, trying to fix a man that is already broken.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“You being able to see the potential in a man means nothing until he sees it himself.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com
“She’s single, not because she can’t find a man, but because she’s waiting for the right man to come along and make her feel so secure in the relationship that loving him just comes natural and easy.”— Mr. Amari Soul, amazon.com