“ She must have already forgiven him for leaving her behind. Girls were good at colouring in those disappointing blank spots. I thought of the night before, her exaggerated moans. Emma Cline
“ Working with people feels uncertain, and that's why it takes courage to engage. You can follow all the rules, have good intentions, and still get burned. Elaine Seat
“ Positive relationships are those that leave you feeling energized after contact with a person. Even if the topic is unpleasant, the interaction itself leaves you with more energy. Elaine Seat
“ He looked at me thoughtfully, and smiled slowly, his green eyes warm. He smelled of the outdoors, he was so tall and broad shouldered and so ... male ... in this house of women he was shockingly diffe… Abbi Waxman
“ One day, he and William had been speeding toward each other; the next, careening away. But why? Garth Risk Hallberg
“ I couldn't understand; cheating was the one thing I'd told her all those years ago would be unforgivable. She knew, she said, but that was part of what had been confusing her, that I would even have t… Garth Risk Hallberg
“ We may believe we are seeking happiness in love, but what we are really after is familiarity. The School of Life
“ By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration--and our unwavering determination… Amor Towles
“ What is your intention as you begin dating? Are you hoping to enter into another serious relationship right away? Exclusive or Open? Companion? Friend with benefits? You define this. Don’t let someone… Staci Bartley
“ We need to imagine the turmoil, disappointment, worry and sheer confusion in people who may outwardly appear merely aggressive. The School of Life
“ There is no such thing as relationships in this world. It is really a self-created net. Do these cows-buffalos have any relationships? They don’t have a mother-in-law, no father-in-law... Dada Bhagwan
“ After years of breaking Rules and settling for random hookups, she finally meets a cute guy and after one kiss she has an aha! moment. She realizes that she does want a healthy loving relationship, no… Ellen Fein
“ ...Seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space. Italo Calvino
“ To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love. Simone Weil
“ The road to calmer relationships therefore isn’t necessarily about removing points of contention. It’s rather about assuming that they are going to happen and that they will inevitably require quite a… The School of Life
“ Nothin' baby. You just get close too quickly because you've got a big heart and you want a big love. Robert Winter
“ Relationships don't dissolve over one event, one fight, it's a thousand blows, delivered over time, uppercuts, jabs, crosses, some you barely even feel, and then before you know it, you're on the grou… Colleen Oakley
