Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and da...
Love that Ritz! he said. A lot of folks swear by the Crescent Court, but it has nothing on the Ritz. Such a classic. And do you know that they have their own nightly guacamologist? How divine is that?
Life isn’t always fun, and is almost never easy,
I wonder why I miss her and Dex does not. Perhaps it is because I've known her so much longer. Or maybe it's the very nature of a friendship versus an intimate relationship. When you are in a relation...
I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people - a feeling that you can't imagine will ever fade in the beginning when everything...
I don’t know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don’t know why I didn’t love her. It’s something you can’t really control.
I don't know what a carbuncle is, but it doesn't sound pleasant. I wish one upon Rachel's nose.
I cheated with Rachel, but I'll never cheat on Rachel.
How different this moment feels, for so many reasons. I tell myself that no two loves are identical - but that I don't have to compare anymore.
Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past
But there is one constant, one thing you can always count on: that not only does love come first, but at the end, it is the only thing that remains.
But that's the thing about the sucker punch; the sucker element hurts worse than the punch.
O oposto do amor não é o ódio, é a indiferença. (p. 306) (GIFFIN, 2004.)
True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.
Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don’t usually like. Just do it, I always think.
T know what they say about secrets. I've heard it all. That they can haunt and govern you. That they can poison relationships and divide families. That in the end, only the truth will set you free.
Still, I don't like his use of the word fine. I want to be better than fine.
Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room.
Sometimes you get the bead. Sometimes the bear get you. - Coach Carr
So much so that it seemed too good to be true. And so it shouldn’t have surprised me to discover that it was too good to be true.