“I love the ambiguity because it opens up a universe of important questions around what you want from your life and how you want to live from this point forward.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“While it’s difficult to track precisely how many people are in open and polyamorous relationships, since many studies often only track people who are legally married, one 2016 study found that approximately one in five people has participated in some kind of (consensual) non-monogamy.”— Sophia Benoit, gq.com
“The vulnerability that open relationships require, that from the outside seems so scary, is actually an asset in so many of these relationships.”— Nora Taylor, manrepeller.com
“Sometimes it really sucks to have to be who we are, in spite of what we wish we were comfortable with or capable of in our hearts. But the heart can’t feign ambivalence for long when it knows its own desire. That shit is going to come out sooner or later.”— so sad today, vice.com
“I’ve been driving for the past few hours. Everyone is sleeping and I’m thinking about my future.”— Sex Diaries, thecut.com
“Sarah and I had met to get a drink together, which became two drinks, which became me confessing that I had fantasized about BDSM but never engaged with it outside of incognito browsing tabs on my laptop.”— Dana Schwartz, thecut.com
“I have gone out of my way to minimize the downsides of jealousy through being open and honest in my relationships. Jealousies come out of the hypocrisy and lies of deception.”— Hugh Hefner, amazon.com