You Didn't Just Cheat On Me

“You didn't just cheat on me; you cheated on us. 

You didn't just break my heart; you broke our future.”

~ Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: 

Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Delusion Detests Focus

“Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil.”

~ Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce

For [Erotically Intelligent Couples]

“For [erotically intelligent couples], 

love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, 

and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. 

Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning. 

They know that they have years in which to deepen their connection, 

to experiment, to regress, and even to fail. 

They see their relationship as something alive and ongoing, not a fait accompli. 

It’s a story that they are writing together, 

one with many chapters, and neither partner knows how it will end. 

There’s always a place they haven’t gone yet, 

always something about the other still to be discovered.”

~ Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity: 

Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

I Had A Dream About You

“I had a dream about you last night. 

The champagne was non-alcoholic. 

You didn't notice, and laughed at my jokes anyway.”

~ Michael Summers, I Had a Dream About You

Marriage As A Long Conversation

“Marriage as a long conversation. 

- When marrying you should ask yourself this question: 

do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? 

Everything else in a marriage is transitory, 

but most of the time that you're together will be devoted to conversation.”

~ Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

In The Best

“In the best,

 the friendliest and simplest relations 

flattery or praise is necessary, 

just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. ”

~ Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

How Was I Supposed To Know

“How was I supposed to know what’s real and what’s not? 

It feels like I’m the only one who doesn’t know the difference.”

~ Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

I Think When Men Hear

“I think when men hear that women want a commitment, 

they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship,

 but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anywhere. 

I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.”

~ Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

If He Could Blush

“If he could blush through his fur, he would have.”

~ Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley

Until We Can Receive

“Until we can receive with an open heart, 

we are never really giving with an open heart.”

~ Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

A Broken Heart

“A broken heart is just the growing pains 

necessary so that you can love more completely 

when the real thing comes along.”

~ J.S.B. Morse, Now and at the Hour of Our Death

She Was Broken

“She was broken, 

I think it’s because 

she loved too much 

and she was always blind 

to the fact 

that love too 

is sometimes broken.”

~ Robert M. Drake

In Her Usual Manner

“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. 

It is worth pointing out, however, 

that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, 

Obama gave the chancellor and the press a big smile, saying, 

‘I think what she said was good. I’m teasing.’ 

The laughter in the room drowned out 

the sounds of the cameras clicking and flashing,

 with Merkel’s giggle and smile among the loudest.”

~ Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: 
The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

Theresa

“Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes 

you can change someone, 

but the reality is that you can't. 

You can change yourself, 

and Garrett can change himself, 

but you can't do it for him.”

~ Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle