No Matter How Close We Are

“No matter how close we are to another person, 

few human relationships are as free from strife, 

disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship 

you have with a good dog. 

Few human beings give of themselves to 

another as a dog gives of itself. 

I also suspect that we cherish dogs because 

their unblemished souls make us wish - 

consciously or unconsciously - 

that we were as innocent as they are, 

and make us yearn for a place where innocence 

is universal and where the meanness, 

the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown.”

~ Dean Koontz, A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

The Opposite of Love

“...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. 

It's not giving a damn. 

If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... 

or they couldn't possibly hate. 

Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.”

~ Leo F. Buscaglia

Making Love

“Making love to me is amazing. 

Wait, I meant: making love, to me, is amazing. 

The absence of two little commas 

nearly transformed me into a sex god.”

~ Dark Jar Tin Zoo, 

Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91

Contiguous

"contiguous, adj.

I felt silly for even mentioning it, 

but once I did, I knew I had to explain.

"When I was a kid, "I had this puzzle with all fifty states on it--

you know, the kind where you have to fit them all together. 

And one day I got it in my head that California and Nevada were in love. 

I told my mom, and she had no idea what I was talking about. 

I ran and got those two pieces and showed it to her--

California and Nevada, completely in love. 

So a lot of the time when we're like this"--

my ankles against the backs of your ankles, 

my knees fitting into the backs of your knees, 

my thighs on the backs of your legs, 

my stomach against your back, my chin folding into your neck--

"I can't help but think about California and Nevada, 

and how we're a lot like them. 

If someone were drawing us from above as a map. 

That's what we'd look like; that's how we are."

For a moment, you were quiet. 

And then you nestled in and whispered.

"Contiguous."

And I knew you understood.”'

~ David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary