#relationship

With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him? Will he still know me? ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#relationships #marriage

I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

When you can’t reach the standards of another’s heart you must ask yourself, "What value do I put on my soul that I would subject myself to such rejection? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#relationships #romance #love

Listen she said, everything ends, every single relationship you will ever have in your lifetime is going to end.... I'll die, you'll die, you'll get tired of each other. You don't always know how it's going to happen, but it is always going to happen. So stop trying to make everything permanent, it doesn't work. I want you to go out there and find some nice man you have no intention of spending the rest of your life with. You can be very, very happy with people you aren't going to marry. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#relationships #life

Because two people in love don't make a hive mind. Neither should they want to be a hive mind, to think the same, to know the same. It's about being separate and still loving each other, being distinct from each other. One is the violin string one is the bow. ↗

— Graham Joyce

#love #marriage #relationships #love

my only complaints are two: that I didn't make myself ready for you sooner in life, that I can't give you better, Love you more. ↗

— Jan Beatty

#life

You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#relationship-advice #relationships #life

I accept all people—even the people I find unacceptable.
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— Jarod Kintz

#discrimination #life #people #relationships #unacceptable

There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like. ↗

— Mitch Albom

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