#relatio

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

#love #pets #relationships #life

Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves. ↗

— Françoise Sagan

#relationships #love

It occurred to me that my cheek was probably right over his tattoo. Without thinking, I lifted my face and tugged at the neckline of his T-shirt. This time, the stark black-and-gold mark wasn't hidden. No need for that spell anymore, I guess. Still, I covered it with my palm. Archer's hands clutched reflexively on my waist. Our eyes met. "It doesn't burn this time," I whispered. His breathing was ragged. "Beg to differ, Mercer. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#hex-hall #love #relationship #tattoo #love

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some, irrevocably; it’s the endings we’re unprepared for. ↗

— Katherine Owen

#heartbreak #infidelity #love #relationships #trust

What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day. ↗

— Jean Kwok

#love

That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out. ↗

— Andrea Gibson

#poetry #relationships #romance #love

How dare you say it's nothing to me? Baby, you're the only light I ever saw. ↗

— John Mayer

#couples #love #relationships #song #love

You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#loved #relationships #love

We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#heartbreak #relationships #love

It was completely fifth garde and completely silly and I loved it, because he wasn't afraid to be silly. It was like kissing him first - I could do whatever I wanted and not have to worry what he'd think of me. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#relationships #love