#relation

We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she chuckled. “But when we find ourselves in these adult bodies,” she said. “When we wise up a little, or get slapped in the face by life, we realize we just want all things to be equal.” She put the heels of her hands together near her heart like the Yoga prayer position. “And we want to understand them better. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh #relationships

Do not sabotage your new relationship with your last relationship’s poison. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #motivational #poison #relationship #sabotage

A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#altered #based #basis #deeply #discoveries

Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love. (MU Article, 2010) ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#bad-choices #decisions #family #friendship #hindsight

Some people come and go and are forgotten. But there are other people who share a part in our destinies. They come, they go, but they are never forgotten. They come, they go, but even after they go... they're still here. They never really went anywhere. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#humanity #inspirational-love #inspirational-relationships #the-human-experience #the-unforgotten-ones

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself. ↗

— David Walliams

#books #children #demanding #i #just

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#best #best friend #dog #friend #god

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#comfortable #companion #confidant #demanding #find

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#easy thing #how #i #i can #relationship

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose. ↗

— Harry Browne

#anyone #buy #choose #given #job