#ions

Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves? ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#children #parents #ambition

If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#personal-relationships #connection

We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#people #race-relations #separation

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not. ↗

— Valery Satterwhite

#expectations #letting-go #acceptance

I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not maliciousness towards me. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#grudge #hold-a-grudge #life #narcissistic #experience

Gratitude is nutrition for a living relationship. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#love #nutrition #relationships #experience

Sometimes love can be both the punishment and the crime. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#in-love #love #punishment #relationships #experience

Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again—not after they’d been apart for so many months. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#coach-hedge #percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #relationships #separation

I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation. A German plans a month in advance what his bowel movements will be at Easter, and the British plan everything in retrospect, so it always looks as though everything occurred as they intended. The French plan everything whilst appearing to be having a party, and the Spanish...well, God knows. Anyway, Pelagia is Greek, that's my point. ↗

— Louis de Bernières

#generalisations #greeks #spanish

Just friends, just friends. Standing there in the bookstore, watching Seth walk away, I half wondered how anyone could still use that line. But I knew why, of course. It was used because people still believed it. Or at least they wanted to. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#introspection #relationships #introspection