#relation

Love is not really a mystery. It is a process like anything else. A process that requires trust, effort, focus and commitment by two willing partners ↗

— Elizabeth Bourgeret

#love #partner #relationship #trust #love

She needed someone to worship; he needed slavish devotion. They became inseparable companions. ↗

— Laura Joh Rowland

#man-woman-relationship #love

My brother, Langston, said, “Lily, you don’t understand because you’ve never been in love. If you had a boyfriend, you’d understand.” Langston has a new boyfriend and all I understand from that is a sorry state of co-dependence. ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#relationships #love

We spend so much time on the whole world instead of on those who really need us, in a world where rumours are a trend and truth is an afterthought. ↗

— Pandora Poikilos

#people-talk #relationships #inspirational

What makes movies magical is not that incredible things happen in them. Incredible things happen in real life. No, what makes movies magical is they end right after the incredible thing happens. ↗

— Matteson Perry

#love #miracles #movies #relationships #love

Marriage was not the combination of two entities into one; it was instead the creation of a third entity whose sole purpose was to sooth and inspire the two individuals. ↗

— Christian Cantrell

#marriage #relationship #inspirational

If you think you can stand looking and not touching for eight months, you're welcome to try." "Try' being the operative word," he said, sighing. "No, I can't. And I don't want to try. ↗

— Leah Raeder

#love #relationship #taboo #love

Don't let the belief that nobody will love you, keep you in a relationship where you aren't getting the love you need. ↗

— Stephan Labossiere

#love #relationships #settling #love

I didn't pretend to know Eli at all, but even so, I'd noticed that his manner was slightly hard to read. It was something in the way he talked that made it difficult to tell whether he was kidding or serious or what. This bothered me. Or intrigued me. Or both. ↗

— Sarah Dessen Along for the Ride

#difficuly #feelings #infatuation #intrigue #joke

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean? ↗

— Graeme Simsion

#love #relationships #the-rosie-project #love