#ria

Yemen produces coffee, Egypt cotton, Iraq dates, Palestine oranges, and Syria trouble. ↗

— John Gunther

#middle-east #syria #dating

It's easier to say (I'm going to be myself and if anyone wants to be with me, then she/he has to accept me as I am...flaws and all) than it is for us to work at reducing our flaws and making ourselves more acceptable. ↗

— Darrell Roberts

#love #marriage #parenting #self-improvement #dating

Stop looking for your better half! You need to be whole to attract your better whole, if you expect to have a flourishing relationship. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

#dating #goody-box #humor #inspirational #marriage

Don't get mad about the infestation of fleas if you keep shopping at the dog pound. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

#dating #humor #inspirational #marriage #men

Relationships are not additive, but multiplicative because you connect with his/her childhood experiences, past relationships, thoughts on money and more. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

#dating #humor #inspirational #marriage #relationships-advice

Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave the key to his best friend for safekeeping, in case of his death. He had ridden only a few miles away when his friend, riding hard, caught up with him, saying 'You gave me the wrong key! ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#marriage #sex #death

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#marriage #death

A cop? You married a bloody cop?" "I married a bloody criminal," Eve muttered, "but nobody ever thinks of that. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#eve-dallas #death

I remember I laughed so hard I cried. But my response was half appropriate, because I was at a funeral. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#cry #crying #death #funeral #inappropriate

A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning its life with an early ending. ↗

— R.J. Gonzales

#death #loss #loss-of-a-baby #miscarriage #sad