#fish

She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to listen to Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#gifts #histrionic-people #kindness #love #obnoxious-people

There are no whys to this, There are no becauses.... It just is this way. You upset me, you made me angry, you made me laugh, you made me love you. You sparked my emotions. What more is there between two people? Please Don't worry about right or wrong. Let's just see what the autumn brings. ↗

— Lisa Kusel

#love

In the river swam the gleaming fish, which were meant for water, just as humankind is meant for love. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#humanity #love #water #love

She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing him back. ↗

— Shannon Celebi

#mother #motherhood #mothers #mothers-love #selfish

What is it about the American obsession with productivity and responsibility that makes it so difficult for us to allow ourselves a little time to solve the puzzle of our own lives, before it’s too late? ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#selfishness #travel #love

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#areas #asked #chicken #children #discover

She could refuse to have sex with me every day for the rest of our lives and I still would choose her. That’s how deep I was in this. - Caleb Drake ↗

— Tarryn Fisher

#love #tarryn-fisher #thief #love

You are worth fighting for. I haven’t given up yet. - Caleb Drake ↗

— Tarryn Fisher

#crazy-love #romance #tarryn-fisher #love

That’s what happened when you were possessed by a woman. All of a sudden you stopped running from love and started breaking all of your own rules … making a fool of yourself. I was okay with that. - Caleb Drake ↗

— Tarryn Fisher

#crazy-in-love #tarryn-fisher #love

A word of advice,” he says, as I stop in his office to say goodbye. “When you’re in love with a woman, you shouldn’t get involved with other women.” “Noted,” I say. “Though, I would like to offer that she is probably sleeping with another man as we speak. ↗

— Tarryn Fisher

#caleb-drake #crazy-love #olivia-kaspen #tarryn-fisher #thief