“ When we enter into a relationship, we want to matter to our partner, to be visible and important....We want to know our efforts are noticed and appreciated. We want to know our relationship is regarde… Stan Tatkin
“ It takes only one word to hurt a woman, a matter of seconds, one stupid, impatient blow of the crop. But winning back her trust takes years. And sometimes there isn't the time. Nina George
“ Of course her dumb Lab’s going to do whatever it takes to retrieve the ball. What he craves more than freedom is companionship. Shannon Mullen
“ Maybe love’s more than the daily comforts: more than morning coffees and flowers and notes in my lunch bag and holding hands while watching the stars. It’s about never giving up, believing in each oth… Shannon Mullen
“ We’re lost in each other, in the heart of Toronto, slow dancing to nothing but the beat of my heart and the sound of her breath on my neck. I know the subway trains are trembling beneath my feet and t… Shannon Mullen
“ Perhaps love in the digital age is more like Netflix binge-watching: we enjoy bursts of fantasy, and then move on to something else when it’s done. Like browsing for a new series on Netflix, if the re… Shannon Mullen
“ How can any of us even know what to believe anymore? Our culture’s full of so much phoniness and deception. Companies advertise products to make us believe that we will be more beautiful, more healthy… Shannon Mullen
“ Or maybe it was already too late; you only get one first love. She was mine, but I had not been hers. She was only going to look for some echo of it, and if I had made the right noises, that echo migh… Olivia Sudjic
“ It’s not about describing someone as that’s typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we are. Instead, we may wish to skip the agenda of the description and embrace the wo… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We became six people at a table in Hampton Court. We rose and walked together down the avenue. In the thin, the unreal twilight, fitfully like the echo of voices laughing down some alley, geniality re… Virginia Woolf
“ Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like modern men still want a woman that they can take care of at home. Shannon Mullen
“ Introverts don’t see life as one big cocktail party. We’re content with just a few meaningful relationships. Jenn Granneman
“ I knew I was really there, because I was the thing his arms encircled, the thing his love defined. Carolyn Ives Gilman
“ I guess love distorts our perception of reality, and it’s even harder to recognize the truth when it’s buried underneath layers of what we imagine relationships should be like. Shannon Mullen
