To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the…
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
In general, people are not drawn to perfection in others. People are drawn to shared interests, shared problems, and an individual’s life energy. Humans connect with humans. Hiding one’s humanity and trying to project an image of perfection makes a person vague, slippery, lifeless, and uninteresting…
Nothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what one loves.
Even if I now saw you only once, I would long for you through worlds, worlds, worlds.
You’re important to me. I think if there’s anything that will last forever, it’s that. Whether we separate, stay in touch or rarely speak again, you will always be that little someone I really do care for, that I would sacrifice everything for to protect and keep safe.
There are many who love in this world, but very few who commit.
The first component to achieving something is picking it.
Love isn’t how you feel. It’s what you do.
You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.
Since loving kindness is the basis of a happy life, It’s my number one commitment to promote awareness of the importance of warm-heartedness.
Commitment is very rewarding when it is practiced with integrity, mindfulness, and skillfulness.
It’s hard to find someone who isn’t scared off by wanting something real.
You've only got one foot in the river. Baby, why?
It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one — and then at some point, you have to put down your chips. You just have to make a commitment and hope that you're right.
I have been holding on to a relationship that’s not quite there. To a commitment that isn’t. To a love that doesn’t give it’s all. To a person who’s not all in.
Commitment is an invaluable resource for a relationship. It motivates partners to take care of each other, it encourages forgiveness and sacrifice, and it provides a sense of security.
You deserve the love that never keep scores or lists of wrong doings because you know for sure that relationship is a commitment, a bond between two people, and not a competition of who will win or lose.
I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that. I am better than that... Goodbye.
Matrimony is a serious thing.