“Sometimes I wonder if we ever truly let anyone completely in. The desire for another human being to know you, all of you, all the pieces, even the ones you’re ashamed of — is huge. But too often, we sit down and sort through the pieces only picking out the pretty ones, leaving the ugly ones behind,…”— Rachel Van Dyken, amazon.com
“Many if not most women pay for the privilege of being in a serious romantic relationship by taking on multiple full-time jobs, and for me that’s not remotely worth the trade off.”— ad infinitum, jezebel.com
“I deserve someone who genuinely gives a shit. I deserve someone who cares about me and my life. I deserve someone who I don’t have to bribe to come with me on a walk, but instead wants to come, who maybe even asks me to come.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“If doing things with me is too much for you I don’t want you in my life.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are worthy of everything you want from your significant other.”— Nataliia Totka, thoughtcatalog.com
“Make the most of what you have and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve.”— Roy T. Bennett, amazon.com
“I'm guilty of giving people more chances than they deserve but when I'm done, I'm done.”— Turcois Ominek, amazon.com
“I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“lately i’ve been replacing my ‘i’m sorry’s with ‘thank you’s, like instead of ‘sorry i’m late’ i’ll say ‘thanks for waiting for me’, or instead of ‘sorry for being such a mess’ i’ll say ‘thank you for loving me and caring about me unconditionally’ and it’s not only shifted the way i think and feel a…”— vijara, vijara.tumblr.com
“I’ve realized that the right place doesn’t mean anything without the right people.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“Never buy the reason that he or she is busy. There is no such thing as "busy" if you are a priority. He or she will always find ways for you if you are important.”— Unknown, facebook.com
“You are not a back-up plan. You are worth more than someone's second choice. You can't force yourself to stop caring for someone, but you can tell yourself that you deserve better. Never settle to be someone's second best. Raise your standards and choose to be with someone who will treat you with th…”— Unknown, facebook.com
“If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”— Emily Brontë, amazon.com
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”— Emily Brontë, amazon.com
“We are obligated to the people we care about and who we allow to care about us, whether we say we love them or not.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Love finds you and ready or not it'll be the best thing that's ever happened to you.”— Unknown, s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com
“When I tell you I love you I don't say it out of habit. I say it to remind you, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.”— Unknown, s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com