If A Man

If a man can possess a woman sexually

 -really possess- 

he won't need to control her ideas, 

her opinions, her clothes, 

her friends, even her other lovers.”

~ Toni Bentley

The Love Of Which I Speak

“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

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

The End Of A Relationship

“The end of a relationship is not always a failure. 

Sometimes all the love in the world is not enough to save something. 

In these cases, it is not a matter of fault from either person. 

Some things cannot be, it's as simple as that.”

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I Suppose It's Not A Social Norm

“I suppose it’s not a social norm, 

and not a manly thing to do — 

to feel, discuss feelings. 

So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. 

Social norms and stuff…

what good are social norms, really? 

I think all they do is project a limited 

and harmful image of people. 

It thus impedes a broader 

social acceptance of what someone, 

or a group of people, might actually be like.”

~ Jess C Scott, New Order

Love Without Sacrifice

“Love without sacrifice is like theft”

~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: 

Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Why Don't We Break Up?

“Why don’t we break up? 

I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. 

And that’s not an easy thing to do.”

~ John Green, Looking for Alaska

Right Now We Are Here

“Right now we are here, 

and nothing can mar our perfection, 

or steal the joy of this perfect moment.”

~ Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

They Lay Silently

“They lay silently. 

She was staring at something across the room. 

She was making him feel uncomfortable. 

'It wouldn't work. 

It's the attraction of opposites,' he said.

We're not opposites.'

I don't mean just you and me. 

Women fall in love when they get to know you. 

Men are just the opposite. 

When they finally know you they're ready to leave.”

~ James Salter

Siblings

“Siblings: children of the same parents, 

each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.”

~ Sam Levenson

Some People

“Some people come into our lives and 

leave footprints on our hearts and 

we are never ever the same.”

~ Flavia Weedn

If You Spend Your Life

“If you spend your life sparing people’s feelings 

and feeding their vanity, you get so you can’t 

distinguish what should be respected in them.”

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night 

& The Last Tycoon