“ 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
“ I grew up with a front-row seat to what a happy, healthy marriage looks like. Never perfect, constantly evolving, always united. Shonda Rhimes
“ Just as I’m about to continue walking along the shoreline, the left third of the iceberg breaks off suddenly and crashes violently, like a high-rise apartment building imploding in the heart of the ci… Shannon Mullen
“ The intensity of my grief hits the mountains across Eclipse Sound, and then echoes throughout Arctic. There’s nobody around. I can barely see the town below the hill, nestled within the valley of barr… Shannon Mullen
“ I guess all the time I spend on social media has made me believe that love exists above the surface, that it’s supposed to be light all of the time. Shannon Mullen
“ As I accept the flowers, I release my grip on the balloons, and they bounce gently against the ceiling the way they did before—hovering, annoyed, frustrated, contained by the ceiling and disappointed… Shannon Mullen
“ A person's attachment status is a fundamental determinant of their relationships, and this is reflected in the way they feel about themselves and others. Neurotic patterns can be seen as originating h… Jeremy Holmes
“ But you make the rest hard too. Make me work for you. Make me earn your love. It's worth whatever price. Whatever cost. Don't let me come to expect easy with you. Make me want to work hard for you. Nicole Williams
“ The ambivalent strategy involves clinging to the care-giver, often with excessive submissiveness, or adopting a role-reversal in which the care-giver is cared for rather than vice versa. Here feelings… Jeremy Holmes
“ She felt him smile against her neck and bit down, the sensation sending shivers through her. “Bad girl. If you keep doing that, I’ll have you stripped and on your back before you can blink. Katherine McIntyre
“ I've tried to prepare my daughter for the phenomenon I've experienced of beautiful young women being dismissed and devalued as interchangeable. I tell Rachel that if a relationship doesn't make you fe… Kathleen Turner
“ It seemed he was the perfect lover, at least for the moment. He did not live where you lived. He did not see you often enough, or for long enough, for you to grow bored, or to feel afraid that you wer… Ben Greenman
“ If you love someone, if you think you could make them happy for the rest of your life together, then nothing should stop you. You should be prepared to take them as they are and deal with the conseque… Taylor Jenkins Reid
“ The person who completes your life, is not so much the person who shares all the years of your existence, but rather, the person who made your life worth living -- no matter how long or short a time y… Susan Meissner
“ I wanted to walk faster, to run, far as possible from her, from my entire life, from the first day I ever saw her always just a few steps ahead. Hannah Lillith Assadi
“ I could tell you, but you should never trust what someone says about themselves. It’s something you need to see for yourself. Maria La Serra
