The True Measure Of A Man

“The true measure of a man 

is how he treats you 

when others are not looking.”

~ Alessandra Torre

In This Story

“In this story 

I am the poet

You're the poetry.”

~ Arzum Uzun

Find A Woman

“Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. 

She won't make life perfect 

but she'll make it infinitely more interesting. 

And then love her with all that's in you.”

~ Gayle G. Roper, Shadows on the Sand

People Will Walk In And Walk Out

“People will walk in and walk out of your life, 

but the one whose footstep made a long-lasting impression 

is the one you should never allow to walk out.”

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

When You Say

“When you say "I" and "my" too much, 

you lose the capacity to understand 

the "we" and "our".”

~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

It Can Be Difficult

“It can be difficult to leave a long-term relationship, 

when our inner wisdom tells us it's time to let go. 

At this point, we can choose to let go 

and endure the intense pain of leaving behind the familiar 

to make way for a new chapter in our life. 

Or we can stay and suffer a low-grade pain 

that slowly eats away at our heart and soul, 

like an emotional cancer. 

Until we wake up, one day and realize, 

we are buried so deep in the dysfunction 

of the relationship that we scarcely remember 

who we were and what we wanted and needed to be.”

~ Jaeda DeWalt

I Used To Think

“I used to think I knew everything. 

I was a "smart person" who "got things done," 

and because of that, the higher I climbed, 

the more I could look down and scoff 

at what seemed silly or simple, even religion. 

But I realized something as I drove home that night: 

that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. 

And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything 

because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. 

So many people are in pain-no matter 

how smart or accomplished-they cry, 

they yearn, they hurt. 

But instead of looking down on things, they look up, 

which is where I should have been looking, too. 

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, 

we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.”

~ Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: a True Story

I Could've Sworn

“I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth 

when I told you I didn’t miss you.”

~ pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You

You Can Be In Love

“You can be in love and you can be in a relationship. 

But they’re not always the same thing.”

~ pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You

She Asked If I Loved Another Woman

“She asked if I loved another woman, 

so I answered honestly and said, 

“Dinner was great, but I could go for dessert.”

~ Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

I Think

“I think of how each person in a marriage owes it 

to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. 

That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.”

~ Emily Giffin, Heart of the Matter

Human Relationships

“Human relationships always help us to carry on 

because they always presuppose further developments, a future - 

and also because we live as if our only task was 

precisely to have relationships with other people.”

~ Albert Camus

No Matter How Much You Love Someone

“No matter how much you love someone, 

you still want to have your own way.”

~ Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

If He Can't Handle You At Your Worst

“If he can't handle you at your worst 

then he does not deserve you at your best. 

Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, 

and instead seeing a person's soul.”

~ Shannon Alder, 300 Questions LDS Couples Should Ask Before Marriage

Visionary Feminism

“Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. 

It is rooted in the love of male and female beings, 

refusing to privilege one over the other. 

The soul of feminist politics is the commitment 

to ending patriarchal domination of women and men, girls and boys. 

Love cannot exist in any relationship that is based on domination and coercion. Males cannot love themselves in patriarchal culture if their very self-definition relies on submission to patriarchal rules. 

When men embrace feminist thinking and practice,

 which emphasizes the value of mutual growth and self-actualization in all relationships, their emotional well-being will be enhanced. 

A genuine feminist politics always brings us from bondage to freedom, 

from lovelessness to loving.”

~ Bell Hooks