Sometimes

“Sometimes the one who is running 

from the Life/Death/Life nature 

insists on thinking of love as a boon only. 

Yet love in its fullest form 

is a series of deaths and rebirths. 

We let go of one phase, 

one aspect of love, 

and enter another. 

Passion dies and is brought back. 

Pain is chased away 

and surfaces another time. 

To love means to embrace 

and at the same time to withstand many endings, 

and many many beginnings - 

all in the same relationship.”

~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: 

Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

This Love

“This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience - 

it looks for a way of being constructive.

Love is not possessive.

Love is not anxious to impress 

nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own ideas.

Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage.

Love is not touchy.

Love does not keep account of evil 

or gloat over the wickedness of other people. 

On the contrary, 

it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.

Love knows no limits to its endurance, 

no end to its trust, 

no fading of its hope; 

it can outlast anything. 

It is, in fact, the one thing that stands 

when all else has fallen.”

~ Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me be a Woman

I Suppose

“I suppose that since most of our hurts 

come through relationships so will our healing, 

and I know that grace rarely makes sense 

for those looking in from the outside.”

~ Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

I Love You

“I love you. 

I hate you. 

I  like you. 

I hate you. 

I love you. 

I think you’re stupid. 

I think you’re a loser.

I think you’re wonderful. 

I want to be with you. 

I don’t want to be with you. 

I would never date you. 

I hate you. 

I love you…

I think the madness started the moment we met and you shook my hand. 

Did you have a disease or something?”

~ Shannon L. Alder

You Know

“You know that when I hate you, 

it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.”

~ Julie de Lespinasse

Assumptions

“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”

~ Henry Winkler

I'm Not Crying

“I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. 

I'm crying because my delusion of who you were 

was shattered by the truth of who you are.”

~ Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: 

Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Because Introverts Are

“Because introverts are typically good listeners and, 

at least, have the appearance of calmness, 

we are attractive to emotionally needy people. 

Introverts, gratified that other people are initiating with them, 

can easily get caught in these exhausting and unsatisfying relationships.”

~ Adam S. McHugh

Thought I Couldn't Live WIthout You

“Thought I couldn't live without you

It's gonna hurt when it heals too

Even though I really love you

I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to

Quickly I'm learning to love again

All I know is I'mma be ok”

~ Leona Lewis

And Now You are and I Am

“And now you are and I am and we're a mystery 

which will never happen again.”

~ E.E. Cummings

Love

“Love.

Not the kind you see in the movies or hear about on the radio.

The real kind.

The kind that gets beaten down and bloody, yet perseveres.

The kind that hopes even when hope seems foolish.

The kind that can forgive. 

The kind that believes in healing.

The kind that can sit in silence and feel renewed.

The real kind of love.

It's rare and we have it...”

~ Chelsea Fine, Sophie & Carter

Because Isn't That The Point

 

“Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: 

to be known by someone else, to be understood? 

He gets me. She gets me. 

Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?”

~ Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Physical Love

“Physical love is unthinkable without violence.”

~ Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

I Believe In Love The Verb

“I believe in love the verb, not the noun.”

~ Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

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