Those moments have stayed with me forever, partly because of their simplicity, but also because they were revelatory. Nor were they ever quite repeated, and I can’t shake the thought that if I ever tried to replicate them, the original memories would slip through my fingers like sand, lessening the…
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Quotes tagged ‘Relationships’
I know you love her. If anything, you love her too much.’ ‘There’s no such thing.’ ‘Yeah, well… I’m just saying that she’s not always the easiest person to be married to.’ ‘That’s because she’s a woman.’ ‘Don’t start second-guessing yourself now. Unless you were willing to move halfway across the co…
Get married. Love your wife and treat her with respect. Have children, and teach them the value of hard work. Do your job. Don’t complain. Remember that family— unlike most of those people you might meet in life— will always be around. Fix what can be fixed or get rid of it. Be a good neighbor. Love…
No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unb…
Grief can destroy you -- or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. OR you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for gran…
Heartbreak knocks the wind out of you, and the feelings of loss and longing can make getting out of bed a monumental task. Learning to trust and lean in to love again can feel impossible.
There is no intimacy without vulnerability.
After collecting thousands of stories, I’m willing to call this a fact: A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all women, men, and children. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we…
If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.
They talked. They learned to trust each other, despite the odds. They fell in love.
She knows how you feel. What she doesn't know is why you aren't doing anything about it.
You either say how you feel and fuck everything up or say nothing and let that fuck you up.
If you don't tell her how you feel she'll find some other guy that will tell her all the things she wanted to hear from you.
Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.
What scares me more than saying something would be saying nothing at all and living with that regret.
Sometimes what you don't say Makes all the difference Sometimes you find your own way Without interference It's not all darkness It's not all light You don't have to fix this Sit with me tonight
I know you haven't made your mind up yet, But I will never do you wrong. I've known it from the moment that we met, No doubt in my mind where you belong.
— Adele, amazon.com
Never apologize for saying how you feel.
Telling someone how you feel does not hurt as much as saying nothing at all.
Don't wait until it's too late to tell someone how much you love and how much you care about them.