Someone Real

“Someone real," I hear myself saying. 

"Someone who never has to pretend, 

and who I never have to pretend around. 

Someone who's smart, but knows how to laugh at himself. 

Someone who would listen to a symphony and start to cry, 

because he understands music can be too big for words. 

Someone who knows me better than I know myself. 

Someone I want to talk to first thing in the morning 

and last thing at night. 

Someone I feel like I've known my whole life, 

even if I haven't.”

~ Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

Have You Ever Noticed

“Have you ever noticed how parents can go 

from the most wonderful people in the world 

to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”

~ Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

We Know From Daily Life

“We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, 

for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.”

~ Albert Einstein

The Reason

“The reason we all like to think so well of others 

is that we are all afraid for ourselves. 

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”

~ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oh, You Know

“Oh, you know. Jace reminds me of an old boyfriend. 

Some guys look at you like they want sex. 

Jace looks at you like you've already had sex, 

it was great, and now you're just friends --

even though you want more. Drives girls crazy. 

You know what I mean?"

Yes, Clary thought. "No," she said.

~ Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

An Unarticulated Crush

“An unarticulated crush is very different 

from an unrequited one, 

because at least with an unrequited crush you 

know what the hell you're doing, 

even if the other person isn't doing it back. 

An unarticulated crush is harder to grapple with, 

because it's a crush that you haven't 

even admitted to yourself. 

The romantic forces are all there -- you want to see him, 

you always notice him, 

you treat every word from him as if it 

weighs more than anyone else's. 

But you don't know why. 

You don't know that you're doing it. 

You'd follow him to the end of the earth 

without ever admitting that your feet were moving.”

~ David Levithan, Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

If Equal Affection Cannot Be

“If equal affection cannot be,

Let the more loving one be me.”

~ W.H. Auden

We Rip Out So Much

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured 

of things faster than we should that we go 

bankrupt by the age of thirty and have 

less to offer each time we start with someone new. 

But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything —what a waste!”

~ André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

We Are Not Written

“We are not written for one instrument alone; 

I am not, neither are you.”

~ André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

Most Men

“Most men claim to desire driven, independent and confident women. 

Yet when confronted with such a creature reverence often evolves into resent. For just like women, men need to be needed.”

~ Tiffany Madison

Intimacy

“Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - 

and finding that that's ok with them.”

~ Alain de Botton

Submission

“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; 

it is all about relationships of love and respect.”

― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

My Girlfriend

“My girlfriend is sad and quiet and 

keeps me up all night worrying about her.”

~ Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

She Was The Third Beer

“She was the third beer. 

Not the first one, which the throat receives 

with almost tearful gratitude;

 nor the second, that confirms and extends 

the pleasure of the first. 

But the third, the one you drink because it's there, 

because it can't hurt, and because 

what difference does it make?”

~ Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

I Just...

“I just... I just miss him. 

And I hate being so alone.”

~ Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games