#relationships

I don't see how being married could be any worse than listening to you talk for twenty years, but that still ain't much of a recommendation for it. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#humor

My life was dark, torture and empty before you found me. You brought the light, Red. I love you. ↗

— M.A. Stacie

#relationships #romance #life

People complain because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses because I have finally learned not to pick them the next time around. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#love #relationships #romance #friendship

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#love

Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#behaviour #belief-systems #child-development #conditioning #education-system

If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#equality #love #relationships #equality

Just because you're in the market for a minivan doesn't mean you can't test drive a hotrod. ↗

— Inez Kelley

#humor-relationships #dating

Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#equality #love #men #power #relationships

The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally. ↗

— Teresa Mummert

#couples #life #life-lessons #relationships #respect

And you can't have two stars in one relationship. Somebody has to be willing to be the wagon...at lease some of the time ↗

— Meg Cabot

#relationships #equality