#relatio

I will teach you in time, but for now restrain me and have your way with me. I don’t want to think, I just want to feel.” -Jake ↗

— Laci Paige

#erotic #may-december-relationships #bdsm

I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#love #relationships #trouble #love

Winter is much like unrequited love; cold and merciless. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#love #relationships #romance #seasons #unrequited-love

The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#love #men #patriarchy #relationships #love

It made me realize how I needed to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help [...] because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#daughter #katniss #mom #punishing #relationships

Back at home, days later, feel cranky and tired. Sit on the couch and tell him he's stupid. That you bet he doesn't know who Coriolanus is. That since you moved in you've noticed he rarely reads. He will give you a hurt, hungry-to-learn look, with his James Cagney eyes. He will try to kiss you. Turn your head. Feel suffocated. (from "How") ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#discontent #relationships #home

..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later. ↗

— Ransom Riggs

#heart #love #relationship #friendship

When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love. How can you not be left with the personal confidence of a passed over British Rail sandwich? ↗

— Helen Fielding

#bridget-jones #humor #humor-relationships #humor

Why?" She asked in a confused whisper. "Out of all the women in the world, why did you choose this mortal?" "Because fate drove me to you. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#fate #love #relationships #love

If a man isn't being nice when you're out, all you have to do is remain polite and then go home early. ↗

— Sherry Argov

#love