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