#relatio

This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in a ritual of affection, briefly settled in the eternal necessities of warmth, comfort, safety, crossing limbs to draw nearer - a simple daily consolation, almost too obvious, easy to forget by daylight. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#love

Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals, can participate in a relationship that, for the moment, is not of two isolated selves but a union ↗

— Rollo May

#relationships #union #love

She didn't want me; she wanted all of me. I didn't mind saying it. My girlfriend scared the crap out of me. ↗

— T.J. Forrester

#relationships #love

He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had power in the relationship as well. She hadn’t expected that. He was as vulnerable to her as she was to him. He just acted arrogant and bossy, but deep down, where it counted, he didn’t want to lose her either. ↗

— Christine Feehan

#power #relationship #vulnerable #love

A real relationship doesn't properly begin until the NRE burns away. That's when you have to start dealing with this person as an all-around human being, replete with irritating little habits. When disillusion sets in, love can begin. ↗

— Anthony D. Ravenscroft

#polyamory #relationships #love

A man to whom a woman cannot look up, she cannot love. Yet, it is marvelous how a woman contrives to find something to look up to in a man. ↗

— Arnold Haultain

#man #relationships #woman #love

How much do you love me?" She drew in a breath and let it out. "Too much." "Too much is just enough for this man." "And do you love me?" she whispered. "I have always loved you. Always. You know that. ↗

— Delilah Marvelle

#love #relationships #love

If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better. ↗

— Hanif Kureishi

#nature

Just like modern economic system, our relationships follow typical profit & loss mechanism where people are nothing more than useful tools. ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#love

Sometimes,’ he starts, ‘the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing you were never meant to have them. ↗

— Rebecca Serle

#ya #young-adult #young-adult-romance #relationship