#relation

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

It happens the world over - we love ourselves more than we do the one we say we love. We all want to be Number One, we've got to be Number One or nothing! We can't see that we could make ourselves loved and needed in the Number Two, or Three, or Four spot. No sir, we've got to be Number One, and if we can't make it, we'll rip and tear at the loved one till we've ruined every smidgin of love that was ever there. ↗

— Irene Hunt

#relationships #love

I know you're not looking for a relationship, or even a fuck buddy, but...are you looking for anything that I can be? ↗

— Kaje Harper

#love #relationships #love

How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love #relationships #humor

My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily. ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#love #relationships #love

Sacrifices made for love are fine, unless the sacrifice is you. ↗