“ Suddenly the thought that the end of her life was imminent shocked him; it was one thing to pity someone he didn't know, quite another to face the same dilemma with someone he knew intimately. That wa… Colleen McCullough
“ She had never been able to tolerate dishonesty, which she thought threatened the very heart of relationships between people. If you could not count on other people to mean what they said, or to do wha… Alexander McCall Smith
“ Night eyes had risen and stretched stiffly. Now he came to lie down beside me. He set his head on my knee. 'I don't understand. You are ill?''No. Just stupid.''Ah. Nothing new there. Well, you haven't… Robin Hobb
“ Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future. Nicholas Sparks
“ Instructions For WayfarersThey will declare: Every journey has been taken.You shall respond: I have not been to see myself.They will insist: Everything has been spoken.You shall reply: I have not had… Robert Fulghum
“ I still think I love him more. It's one of those things you never know for certain because there's no way to enter all the relationship data in a computer and have it spit out a definitive answer. You… Emily Giffin
“ I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain. David Levithan
“ I can only do what's easy. I can only entice and be enticed. I can't, and won't, attempt difficult relations. If I marry it will either be a man who's strong enough to boss me or whom I'm strong enoug… E.M. Forster
“ He'd wanted her. Out of all the women in the world, he'd wanted her. Wanted, hell, she thought grinning now. Pursued, demanded. Taken. And while she could admit all of that was exciting, he'd gone one… J.D. Robb
“ He smiled as he imagined the composite Jamie/Isabel, who would play the bassoon, read philosophy, interfere in other people's affairs rather too much, drive a green Swedish car and make legendary pota… Alexander McCall Smith
“ Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted makeup.Forget the laughs, forget the fights, forget the sex, forget the jealousy. But take off your hat and observe a moment's silence for the l… Marian Keyes
“ Donner PartyForsaken, fucking in the cold,eating each other, lostrunny noses,complaining all the timelike so many Richard Brautigan
“ Between any two beings there is a unique, uncrossable distance, an unenterable sanctuary. Sometimes it takes the shape of aloneness. Sometimes it takes the shape of love. Jonathan Safran Foer
“ Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along. Margaret Atwood
“ A while back, when Dick & Barry & I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you *are* like, Barry proposed the idea of a questionnaire for potential partners, a 2 or 3 page multiple… Nick Hornby
“ 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
“ On differences between men and boys) Men know what they want. Men make concrete plans. Men own alarm clocks. Men sleep on a mattress that isn't on the floor. Men tip generously. Men buy new shampoo in… Mindy Kaling
“ The person you are sleeping with signifies the value upon which you have for yourself. You are attracted to who reflects your deepest vision of yourself Bridget English
