#relationships

Tina leans forward and asks quietly, 'Do you? You know? Love her?' Squeezing Nat’s knee again, I reply, 'She’s teachin’ me how. ↗

— Belle Aurora

#relationships #love

May the way I look at you, the way I speak with you, and the way I treat you reflect the truth that... I have loved you since forever. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#forever #in-love #love #relationships #true-love

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#marriage #relationships #love

What if the person is doing something that seems diametrically opposed to flirting, like going about their daily activities completely unaware of your existence? They are probably flirting a little bit. Aren’t they coy! ↗

— Ted Pillow

#coy #flirting #love #relationships #love

It was no coincidence, that fear could move a person to extremes, just as seamlessly as love. They were the conjoined twins of emotion: If you didn't know what was at stake to lose, you had nothing to fight for. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#loss #love #rape #relationships #survivor

A righteous husband is a responsible husband. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#male-female-relationships #marriage #religious #responsibility-to-protect #righteousness

Yes. THANK YOU. And say hello to Judas Iscariot. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Both men and women today see marriage not as a way of creating character and community but as a way to reach personal life goals. They are looking for a marriage partner who will 'fulfill their emotional, sexual, and spiritual desires.' And that creates an extreme idealism that in turn leads to a deep pessimism that you will ever find the right person to marry. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#love #marriage #relationships #life

There is that, and there is also the Irreconcilable Differences line. It seems so catchall, so vague. You could say that about anyone, any man and woman at all. Jesus and Mary Magdalene: "Irreconcilable Differences." JFK and Jackie, anyone at all. It´s built into the man-woman thing. What kind of paltry reason is that? "Insanity" is another box to be checked on the divorce petition, the only alternative to "Irreconcilable Differences." I would like to check it. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#contentment #familiarity #habit #long-term-relationships #love