#kin

The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up involves persuasion. You have to persuade your ex that it is better this way for everyone. And this is difficult if you have not entirely persuaded yourself. It is especially tricky to do this if you are also naked, and making two cups of coffee. ↗

— Adam Thirlwell

#love #persuasion #relationshops #love

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. ↗

— Plato

#doglovers #kindness #love #love

The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await." ... "So we're going to take this road," he murmured, "and see where it leads. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#romance #taking-a-chance #love

But it’s December now, and the sky is bright, and it’s clear to me. I’m telling you why we broke up, Ed. I’m writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much. ↗

— Daniel Handler

#love #romance #love

…..she needed him to know she did not care. She was spirited, tenacious, and full of contempt for him. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#hate-to-love #jamie-weise #love #lover #lovers

Do whatever you must, Karigan," he told her, his voice so quiet it would not carry, "to come back. You must come back. To me." ~King Zachary ↗

— Kristen Britain

#love #romance #love

Richard started to walk away. Zedd called his name. He stopped and turned. Just be glad she cares for you as much as she does. If she didn't, she might have touched you." Richard stared back at him a long moment. "I'm afraid, in a way, she already has. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#love #love

Letting my heart instead of my hormones decide when to do it made what Aiden and I'd done special. And when we passed each other throughout the day, the looks we stole suddenly meant more. Everything meant more, because we both were risking it all and neither of us regretted that. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#risk-taking #love

Always a trade. Always a compromise. Until there wasn't anything left to bargain with, because neither one us had any clue what to do. ↗

— Steph Campbell

#confusion #love #love

That's how it was on Irving Circle and how I was raised: You made the best out of what was within reach, which meant friendships engineered by parents and by the happenstance of housing. I stayed with it because we both had queenly older sisters who rarely condescended to play with us, because Shelley was adopted and I was not, because Shelley had Clue and Life, and I did not ↗

— Elinor Lipman

#making-do #friendship