I Need To Figure Out

“I need to figure out the secret. 

I need to work out how to keep things flying back to me 

instead of always flying away.”

~ Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

I Hate The Way

“I hate the way, once you start to know someone, 

care about them, their behavior can distress you, 

even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, 

even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.”

~ Tanith Lee, Wolf Star

Love Is Giving Up Control

“Love is giving up control. 

It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person.

 The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. 

If we are serious about loving someone, 

we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.”

~ Rob Bell, Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections

 Between Sexuality and Spirituality

A Friend Is Someone

“A friend is someone 

whose face you can see in the dark.”

~ Frances O'Roark Dowell, The Secret Language of Girls

So I Learned Two Things That Night

“So I learned two things that night, 

and the next day, from him: 

the perfection of a moment,

 and the fleeting nature of it.”

~ Margaret George, The Memoirs of Cleopatra

We've Lost A Lot Of Years

“We've lost a lot of years, 

but you can't lose love.

 Not real love. 

It stays locked inside you, 

ready for whenever you are strong enough 

to find it again.”

~ Martina Boone, Compulsion

I Can See

“I can see that the sadness has returned. 

And it's not a beautiful sadness - beautiful sadness is a myth.

 Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.”

~ David Levithan, Every Day

To Us

“To us, your power comes from one simple thing: 

you’re a woman, 

and we men will do anything humanly possible 

to impress you so that, 

ultimately, we can be with you. 

You’re the driving force behind why we wake up every day. 

Men go out and get jobs and hustle 

to make money because of women. 

We drive fancy cars because of women. 

We dress nice, put on cologne, 

get haircuts and try to look all shiny and new for you. 

We do all of this because the more our game is stepped up, 

the more of you we get. 

You’re the ultimate prize to us.”

~ Steve Harvey, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: 

What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

...Just Remember

“...just remember, 

the storm doesn't last forever. 

It can scare you; 

it can shake you to your core. 

But it never lasts. 

The rain subsides, 

the thunder dies, 

and the winds calm to a soft whisper. 

And that moment after the storm clouds pass, 

when all is silent and still, 

you find peace. 

Quiet, gentle peace.”

~ S.L. Jennings, Fear of Falling

My Love Is Pizza Shaped

“My love is pizza shaped. 

Won’t you have a slice? 

It’s circular, so there’s enough to go around.
”

~ Dora J. Arod, Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

Most People Think

“Most people think everybody feels about them 

much more violently than they actually do; 

they think other people's opinions of them 

swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.”

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

But What Are Loyalty And Caring

“But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"

"To me? Everything.”

~ Richelle Mead, The Golden Lily

It Is Necessary To Fall In Love

“It is necessary to fall in love – 

the better to provide an alibi 

for all the despair we are going to feel anyway.”

~ Albert Camus

Become The Leader Of Your Life

“Become the leader of your life. 

Lead yourself to where you want to be. 

Breathe life back into your ambitions, 

your desires, your goals, your relationships.”

~ Steve Maraboli, 

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

The Weather Of Love

THE WEATHER OF LOVE

Love 

Has a way of wilting

Or blossoming

At the strangest,

Most unpredictable hour.

This is how love is,

An uncontrollable beast

In the form of a flower.

The sun does not always shine on it.

Nor does the rain always pour on it

Nor should it always get beaten by a storm.

Love does not always emit the sweetest scents,

And sometimes it can sting with its thorns.

Water it.

Give it plenty of sunlight.

Nurture it,

And the flower of love will

Outlive you.

Neglect it or keep dissecting it,

And its petals will quickly curl up and die.

This is how love is,

Perfection is a delusional vision.

So love the person who loves you

Unconditionally,

And abandon the one

Who only loves you

Under favorable

Conditions.”

~ Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: 

The Writings of Suzy Kassem

I Thought He Should Have Realized

“I thought he should have realized sooner 

that important people don't show up very often, 

and you should hold on to them when they do. 

Maybe I was smarter than he was all along, 

because that was something I'd always known.”

~ Lorraine Zago Rosenthal, Other Words for Love

The Heart Is Like A Woman

“The heart is like a woman, 

and the head is like a man, 

and although man is the head of woman, 

woman is the heart of man, 

and she turns man's head 

because she turns his heart.”

~ Peter Kreeft, Jesus-Shock

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