Don't Worry About Hurting Me

“Don't worry about hurting me, 

if that's what you're afraid of.

 I want to get hurt. 

At least I´ll feel something for a change.”

~ Katie Kacvinsky, Awaken

Annabeth

“Annabeth,” he said hesitantly, “in New Rome, 

demigods can live their whole lives in peace.”

Her expression turned guarded. 

“Reyna explained it to me. 

But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. 

That other life—”

“I know,” Percy said. “But while I was there, 

I saw so many demigods living without fear: 

kids going to college, couples getting married and raising families. 

There’s nothing like that at Camp Half-Blood. 

I kept thinking about you and me…

and maybe someday when this war with the giants is over…”

It was hard to tell in the golden light, 

but he thought Annabeth was blushing. “Oh,” she said…

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I just…

I had to think of that to keep going. 

To give me hope. Forget I mentioned—”

“No!” she said. “Gods, Percy, that’s so sweet.”

~ Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

You Fit Into Me

“You fit into me

like a hook into an eye

a fish hook

an open eye” 

~ Margaret Atwood

When God Knows You're Ready

“When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, 

He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.” 

~ Joshua Harris, I Kissed Dating Goodbye: 

A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance

We All Take Different Paths

“We all take different paths in life,

 but no matter where we go, 

we take a little of each other everywhere.” 

~ Tim McGraw

When What You Hear

“When what you hear and 

what you see don't match, 

trust your eyes.” 

~ Dale Renton

That's Why I Loved Being With You

“That's why I loved being with you. 

We could do the simplest things, 

like toss starfish into the ocean 

and share a burger and talk 

and even then I knew that I was fortunate. 

Because you were the first guy who 

wasn't constantly trying to impress me. 

You accepted who you were, 

but more than that, 

you accepted me for me. 

And nothing else mattered -- 

not my family or your family 

or anyone else in the world. 

It was just us.” 

~ Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me

Love Doesn't Mean Anything

“Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, 

and you have to think not only about what you want, 

but about what he wants. 

Not just now, but in the future.”

~ Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven

Unrequited Love

“Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart.” 

~ Christina Westover

He Loved Her

“He loved her for almost everything she was & 

she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.” 

~ Brian Andreas

I Won't Telephone Him

“I won't telephone him.

 I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. 

He'll rot in hell before I'll call him up. 

You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself.

 If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am.

 He knows I'm waiting here. 

He's so sure of me, so sure. 

I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.” 

~ Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker

When You Find a Guy

“When you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot,

 who calls you back when you hang up on him, 

who will stand in front of you when others cast stones, 

or will stay awake just to watch you sleep, 

who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, 

who will hold your hand when you're sick, 

who thinks you're pretty without makeup, 

the one who turns to his friends and says, ‘that’s her’, 

the one that would bear your rejection
because losing you means losing his will to live, 

who kisses you when you screw up, 

watches the stars and names one for you and 

will hold and rock that baby for hours so you can sleep…

you marry him all over again.” 

~ Shannon Alder

He Wasn't the Type

“He wasn't the type for displays of affection, either verbal or not. 

He was disgusted by couples that made out in the hallways between classes, 

and got annoyed at even the slightest sappy moments in movies. 

But I knew he cared about me: he just conveyed it more subtly, 

as concise with expressing this emotion as he was with everything else. 

It was in the way he'd put his hand on the small of my back, 

for instance, or how he'd smile at me when I said something that surprised him. 

Once I might have wanted more, but I'd come around 

to his way of thinking in the time we'd been together. 

And we were together, all the time. 

So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. 

Like so much else, I should just know.” 

~ Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

Lonely People

“Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because

 they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. 

They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.” 

~ David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: 

Essays and Arguments

People Die

“People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. 

It continues and is ever-changing.” 

~ Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

I Have No Right

“I have no right to say or do anything that 

diminishes a man in his own eyes. 

What matters is not what I think of him but 

what he thinks of himself. 

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.” 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A True Gentleman

“A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, 

even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. 

He is in a class all of his own because he 

knows the value of a woman's heart.” 

~ Shannon Alder

And Then the Line

“And then the line was quite but not dead.

 I almost felt like he was there in my room with me, 

but in a way it was better, 

like I was not in my room and he was not in his, 

but instead we were together in some invisible 

and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone.” 

~ John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

When You Struggle With Your Partner

“When you struggle with your partner, 

you are struggling with yourself. 

Every fault you see in them touches 

a denied weakness in yourself.” 

~ Deepak Chopra

I Want To Be Around People

“I want to be around people that do things. 

I don’t want to be around people anymore that 

judge or talk about what people do. 

I want to be around people that dream and support and do things.” 

~ Amy Poehler

The Best Relationships

“The best relationships in our lives are the best 

not because they have been the happiest ones, 

they are that way because they have stayed strong 

through the most tormentful of storms.” 

~ Pandora Poikilos, Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out

I Define Connection

“I define connection as the energy that exists 

between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; 

when they can give and receive without judgment; 

and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” 

~ Brené Brown

Can Officially Confirm

“Can officially confirm that the way to a man's heart 

these days is not through beauty, food, sex, 

or alluringness of character, but merely the

 ability to seem not very interested in him.” 

~ Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

Misgivings, n.

Happy 6th Anniversary to this Blog on July 27th!  :)

“misgivings, n.

Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.

"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.” 

~ David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

Six Hundred and Forty Fish Later

“Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing 

I know is everything you love will die. 

The first time you meet someone special, 

you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.” 

~ Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

Statistically Speaking

“Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance 

that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious.” 

~ Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: 

Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day

Failed Relationships

“Failed relationships can be described

 as so much wasted make-up.” 

~ Marian Keyes, Watermelon

V-Day...

“V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show 

everyone else you truly care for “your loved one,” 

I think it’s quite stupid. 

I hate this commercialism. 

It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.” 

~ Jess C Scott, EyeLeash: A Blog Novel

There Are So Many Things

“There are so many things that demand to be said. 

Where did you go? 

Do you ever think about me? 

You've ruined me. Are you okay? 

But of course, I can't say any of that.” 

~ Gayle Forman, Where She Went

He Knew One of the Women Well

“He knew one of the women well, 

and had shared his universe with her. 

They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, 

although each of them had seen them differently. 

She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. 

Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe.” 

~ Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries

Through My Love For You

“Through my love for you, 

I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, 

the whole of humanity, and all beings. 

By living with you, 

I want to learn to love everyone and all species. 

If I succeed in loving you,

 I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... 

This is the real message of love.” 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh, Teachings on Love

You Can Take This Mouth

“you can take this mouth

this wound you want

but you can't kiss

and make it

better.” 

~ Daphne Gottlieb, Why Things Burn

A Busy, Vibrant, Goal-Oriented Woman

“A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive 

than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.” 

~ Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

When Dealing With People

“When dealing with people, remember you 

are not dealing with creatures of logic, 

but with creatures bristling with prejudice 

and motivated by pride and vanity.” 

~ Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

That's When I Finally Got It

“That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. 

It wasn't the thought that counted. 

It was the actual execution that mattered, 

the showing up for somebody. 

The intent behind it wasn't enough. 

Not for me. Not anymore. 

It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. 

You had to actually say it to somebody, 

show them you cared. 

And he just didn't. Not enough.” 

~ Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

When You Hold a Grudge

“When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s 

sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.” 

~ Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You:

 Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Mocking a Woman

“Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. 

It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.” 

~ Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

Do You Know What it Means

“Do you know what it means to come home at night 

to a woman who'll give you a little love, 

a little affection, a little tenderness? 

It means you're in the wrong house, t

hat's what it means.”

 

~ Henny Youngman

There Comes a Time

“There comes a time in your life when you have to 

choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” 

~ Shannon L. Alder

if You need Something

“If you need something from somebody always 

give that person a way to hand it to you.” 

~ Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

Most Everything You Think

“Most everything you think you know about me 

is nothing more than memories.” 

~ Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase

It's Probably a Bad Indicator

“It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle 

when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal.” 

~ Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World

It Takes Three to Make Love

“It takes three to make love, not two:
you, your spouse, and God. 

Without God people only succeed in bringing out
the worst in one another. 

Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other
soon find there is nothing else. 

Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.” 

~ Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary:

 Lessons from Cana and Calvary

When We Face Pain

“When we face pain in relationships our first response 

is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment."

~ Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

This is What Happened in Love

“This is what happened in love. 

One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.” 

~ Lorrie Moore, Like Life

I Felt Like an Animal

“I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?” 

~ Jess C. Scott, Wicked Lovely

Only Someone Who Is Ready

“Only someone who is ready for everything, 

who doesn't exclude any experience, 

even the most incomprehensible, 

will live the relationship with another person as 

something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.” 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

You Can Measure the Happiness

“You can measure the happiness of a marriage by 

the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, 

earned from years of biting back angry words.” 

~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

We Die

“We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, 

tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into 

and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we 

have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. 

I wish for all this to be marked on by body when I am dead.

 I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, 

not just to label ourselves on a map like the names

 of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, 

communal books. We are not owned or monogamous 

in our taste or experience.” 

~ Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Every Woman

“Every woman that finally figured out her worth, 

has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded 

a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.” 

~ Shannon L. Alder