“Don’t lose YOU in your search for acceptance by others. Be aware that you will always appear to be a little less than some people prefer you to be, but that most people are unaware that you are so much more than what they see. You are good enough just the way you are. You have nothing to prove to an…”— Marc Chernoff, marcandangel.com
“Within the relationship itself, unconditional love is the ability to love the other person as they are in their essence. If you have fallen in love with this person and want to build a lasting relationship with them, then you must view them as a unique individual — not as an extension of yourself. W…”— Barrie Davenport, liveboldandbloom.com
“I call it Reality Training: This means recognizing that if you want to be happy, you need to accept people as they are and find ways to deal with how they are, or don’t.”— Daylle Deanna Schwartz, huffingtonpost.com
“We love each other, that’s true whatever it means, but we aren’t good at it; for some it’s a talent, for others only an addiction.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“What we share may be a lot like a traffic accident but we get one another. We are survivors of each other. We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. That counts for something.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“After you say your goodnights there may be one last communication before you go to sleep, and that’s the, ‘Made it home’ text. The adrenaline of a date doesn’t end there. If this was one of the best dates you’ve been on and the chemistry was crazy, going to sleep becomes harder than trying to eat ju…”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“Maybe you’re dealing with, ‘Damn, my wallet is at home,’ guy. No matter the reason, the result is that when the check comes and you tell him thank you, he asks for some kind of money from you… What to do? Pay it. There is no need to argue your stance on how men should do things. I don’t care if he s…”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“This is what most men do. They shut up and listen! As a result of listening, they figure out the best way to endear themselves to that woman. By the time a woman goes home, she’s under the impression that she found a man that gets her, is sweet, and also inspiring.”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“Marion: 'I love you, Harry. You make me feel like a person. Like I'm me... and I'm beautiful.' Harry: 'You are beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl in the world. You are my dream.'”— Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, Marion, Harry, amazon.com
“You don’t have to prove that you’re an independent woman with her own money, he needs to prove that he sees a Queen worth spoiling. Stop trying to show that you have it to spend, and allow him to show that he believes in you enough to spend!”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“All you will ever owe a man is your company. Be comfortable in the role as a prize, not apologetic.”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“When a man wants a woman, the effort will always come off as effortless! There is no debate about price.”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“We do not date with that weak outlook on physical appearance, so no matter how long it takes for you to fall in love with that person staring back at you in the mirror, hold off on dating, and put in that time!”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“Being unhappy with your looks will sabotage this entire mission because you will feel awkward instead of sexy.”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“He has personal relationships with depth. One way to see if this new guy is boyfriend material is to look at the kind of people he surrounds himself with. If he respects his mom, chances are he’ll respect you. If he has a close relationship with his siblings and they consider him super uncle to his…”— Kara Pound, datingadvice.com
“I wanted to look at everything through her eyes. I do this before I bring someone new into my life; I try to get a sense of who I am so that I can make it easier for them to know me.”— Miranda July, amazon.com
“Our habits slid apart easily...And our very few intimacies were simply discontinued. Where did they go, those things we did? Were they recycled? Did some new couple in China do them? Were a Swedish man and woman foot to foot at this very moment?”— Miranda July, amazon.com