“You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you’re annoyed with them.”— Alain de Botton, amazon.com
“Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.”— Jeffrey Archer, amazon.com
“When it comes to relationships, I have only one rule: give me truth, however cold or cruel or hard it is to hear. I would rather have my heart broken if it means I can then release the hurt and move on, than waste a single moment of my time being fooled by a lie intended to preserve my feelings.”— Beau Taplin, instagram.com
“Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.”— Ralph Ellison, amazon.com
“You do not have to unburden your soul for everyone; it will be enough if you do that for those you love.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“It’s been very rare to have known you, very strange and wonderful.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“I think some people are just inexplicably bonded. Drawn by forces beyond their own comprehension, they have no choice but to gravitate toward one another. Destined by fate to keep crossing paths until they finally get it right.”— L.B. Simmons, amazon.com
“If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.”— Victor Hugo, amazon.com
“How you're saved as a contact in someone's phone says a lot about your relationship with them.”— Lilly Singh, youtube.com
“One of the most dangerous things in any relationship is a power imbalance.”— Chelsea Fagan, youtube.com
“A relationship isn't always 50/50. Some days your person will struggle. You suck it up and pick up that 80/20 cus they need you. That's love.”— Jhene Aiko, twitter.com
“Just because two people don’t wind up spending their entire lives together doesn’t mean their relationship was a failure.”— Ted Michael, amazon.com
“What do you mean just friends and more than friends? Like when did we hardwire into our language the idea that the step past friendship is mutual face-licking?”— John Green, youtube.com