#relationships

Men lie to get laid, women lie about orgasms, and hermaphrodites lie to themselves.
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— Jarod Kintz

#deception #funny #hermaphrodites #humor #lie

Annabeth,” he said hesitantly, “in New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace.” Her expression turned guarded. “Reyna explained it to me. But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. That other life—” “I know,” Percy said. “But while I was there, I saw so many demigods living without fear: kids going to college, couples getting married and raising families. There’s nothing like that at Camp Half-Blood. I kept thinking about you and me…and maybe someday when this war with the giants is over…” It was hard to tell in the golden light, but he thought Annabeth was blushing. “Oh,” she said… “I’m sorry,” he said. “I just…I had to think of that to keep going. To give me hope. Forget I mentioned—” “No!” she said. “Gods, Percy, that’s so sweet. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hope #percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #relationships #reyna

...there remained a strange formality between them, and her pleasure in his presence felt too much like missing him had felt during the last week. ↗

— Robin McKinley

#missing #relationships #friendship

Do not fear the curse that an enemy has uttered, it is harmless.. but the sigh concealed in a loved one's broken heart may add to your sins. ↗

— Ram Mohan

#enemy #feelings #friendship #friendships #heart

Life is relationship and the best form of relationship is friendship. ↗

— Shri Amma Bhagwan

#relationships #spirituality #friendship

But more importantly, know I love you more than I can say with simple words. Poets have attempted for centuries to find the perfect combination, and I don’t imagine I shall have more luck than they. ↗

— Lissa Bryan

#ghosts #love #relationships #romance #imagination

You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#fathers #generations #knowledge #relationships #sons

Maybe if the right person floats into your life, you have to jump in with both feet and try to make it work before the tide turns. ↗

— Claire Cook

#relationships #soulmates #life

Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#relationships #love

Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#love #peeta #pretend #relationships #the-hunger-games