#relations

But it's not enough to be in love. It's about how you spend your days, what you do together, who you choose as friends, and most of all it's what work you do ... Better to break both our hearts now than watch them wither away over time. ↗

— Helen Simonson

#relationship #love

One should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish. ↗

— James Salter

#life #love #relationship #faith

I pretend he doesn’t exist, and he does the same with me. ↗

— Ida Løkås

#funny #life #pretend #relationship #funny

Never love someone beneath your level of evolution. If you want a monkey, you can visit one at your local zoo. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#humor #infatuation #love #relationships #humor

The last excuse that I'll claim, I was a boy who loved a woman like a little girl. ↗

— Ron Pope

#couples #heartbroken #love #relationships #love

When a man takes a woman for granted, he still looks for reassurance that she is still right there. ↗

— Sherry Argov

#love

I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid. ↗

— S.J. Watson

#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