Somewhere Along The Way

 

“Somewhere along the way, we all go a bit mad.

So burn, let go, and dive into the horror,

because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.”

~ Robert M. Drake

If You're Right And I'm Not

“If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. 

So, you better think about that next time you want to be right. ”

~Brian Andreas

It's All About Falling In Love

“It’s all about falling in love with yourself

and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you,

rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit."

~ Eartha Kitt

Relationships Take Up Energy

“Relationships take up energy; 

letting go of them, psychiatrists theorize, entails mental work. 

When you lose someone you were close to, 

you have to reassess your picture of the world and your place in it. 

The more your identity was wrapped up 

with the deceased, the more difficult the loss.”

~ Meghan O'Rourke

Love Doesn't Have To Be

“Love doesn’t have to be on Valentine’s Day.

 It doesn’t have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine.

 It doesn’t have to conform to whatever is usual.

 It doesn’t have to be kismet at once, 

or rhapsody by the third day.

It just has to be. 

In time.

 In place.

 In spirit.

It just has to be.”

~ David Levithan, How They Met, and Other Stories

If I Say

“If I say your voice is an amber waterfall in which I yearn to burn each day,

 if you eat my mouth like a mystical rose with powers of healing and damnation,

If I confess that your body is the only civilization I long to experience… 

would it mean that we are close to knowing something about love?”

~ Aberjhani, Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

Why Does Anyone Stay

“Why does anyone stay in an unhappy relationship? 

Because people do. They do it all the time. 

And the truth is, when you’re in it, 

when you’re up to your neck in the everyday part of life with another human being,

sometimes you don’t exactly notice how bad things really are.

 It’s not always as apparent as it would seem. 

Unhappiness, when it involves another person, 

can be like that line from The Sun Also Rises about going bankrupt, 

how it happens two ways: gradually, and then suddenly.”

~ Sarah Dunn

He Thought About This

“He thought about this for a second. 

"True. But if you never really make friends, 

you probably don't have anyone to be your 2 a.m. 

Which would kind of suck. I just looked at him as he stirred his soup, 

carrots spinning in the liquid. "Your what?"

"Two a.m." He swallowed, then said, 

"You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, 

no matter what, you can count on them. 

Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...

they'll come for you. It's, like, the highest level of friendship.”

~ Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

Dignity

“Dignity will only happen when you realize 

that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.”

~ Shannon L. Alder

Love One Another

“love one another, 

but make not a bond of love:

let it rather be a moving sea 

between the shores of your souls.

fill each other's cup 

but drink not from one cup.

give one another of your bread 

but eat not from the same loaf

sing and dance together and be joyous 

but let each one of you be alone,

even as the strings of a lute are alone 

though they quiver with the same music.”

~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

The Real Thing That Keeps Men And Women Apart

“The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. 

Women blame men and men blame women, 

but the culprit is fear, women are afraid of one thing, 

men are afraid of a different thing; 

the fears of women have to do with losing 

while the fears of men have to do with not being good enough for something. 

One is loss, the other is insecurity. 

Men are innately more insecure than women 

and women are innately more needful of companionship than men. 

It's good for both men and women to be able to recognize 

and identify these fears not only within themselves, 

but within each other, and then men and women will see 

that they really do need to help each other. 

It's not a game, it's not a competition, 

the two sexes need one another.”

~C. JoyBell C.

He Who Wants A Rose

“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”

~ André Gide

I Remember One Desolate Sunday Night

“I remember one desolate Sunday night, wondering: 

Is this how I´m going to spend the rest of my life? 

Married to someone who is perpetually distracted 

and somewhat wistful, as though a marvelous party 

is going on in the next room, 

which but for me he could be attending?”

~Suzanne Finnamore

I'm Not Scared

“I’m not scared of the monsters

hidden underneath my bed.

I’m much more scared of the boys

with messy brown hair, sleepy eyes,

& mouths that only know

how to form half-truths.”

~ Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One