“He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment—because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.”— John Green, Colin Singleton, amazon.com
“It was his first kiss, and her lips felt like the coming winter—cold and dry and chapped—and it occurred to Colin that the kiss didn't feel nearly as good as the sound of her asking if she could be his girlfriend.”— John Green, Colin Singleton, amazon.com
“It’s this invisible abuse we don’t even see affecting us. It’s half love when humans were designed to take in whole love. It’s the kisses and sex and physically and emotionally attached to someone who doesn’t respect you enough to even text you back, because well you aren’t his girlfriend and he’s n…”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Someone toying with your heartstrings just because they can isn’t love.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t spend your time on and give your heart to any guy who makes you wonder about anything related to his feelings for you.”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“Don’t be flattered that he misses you. He should miss you. You are deeply missable. However, he’s still the same person who just broke up with you. Remember, the only reason he can miss you is because he’s choosing, every day, not to be with you.”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“Almost relationships fall into the following categories: hook-ups, casual f*ck buddies, Tinder baes, summer flings, winter cuffs…Anything where you had more than 1 sexy encounter and 2 mushy thoughts about your ‘friend’ i.e. you know what they look like coming out of the shower & what kind of flower…”— Paige McPhee, narcity.com
“But 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 yourself 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…”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“Don’t be flattered that he misses you. He should miss you. You are deeply missable. However, he’s still the same person who just broke up with you. Remember, the only reason he can miss you is because he’s choosing, every day, not to be with you.”— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com
“When someone shows you who they are the first time, believe them.”— Maya Angelou, thoughtcatalog.com
“How many of us are still heartbroken over a guy we never dated? How many of us still go through old text messages, trying to figure out exactly where everything changed? How many of us replay old conversations and think of what we should’ve said to make us sound more chill, more laid back, less inte…”— Ashley Jones, thoughtcatalog.com
“You can’t love too little, and you can’t love too much. You can’t give too little, and you can’t give too much. Nothing is defined, so nothing can be one or the other. It is simply what you wish it to be in those moments. It’s grey.”— Meghan Logan, thoughtcatalog.com
“We were never good mornings because to have a good morning you have to stay the night. We were never just between us smiles because there was never really an us to begin with. We were never holding hands because one of us was always pulling away.”— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.com