Have
You Ever Been in Love?
1
“Have
you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens
your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside
you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit
of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different
from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a
piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like
kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes
hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the
darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into
a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the
imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real
gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”
―
Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
2
“There
is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in
madness.”
―
Friedrich Nietzsche
3
“They
didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all
the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences,
they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.”
―
Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
4
“I
think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay
connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't
be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends
are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.”
―
Jon Katz
5
“I
cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the
foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had
begun.”
―
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
6
“You
could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me."
She
smiled up at him. Filthy as he was, covered in blood and dirt, he was the most
beautiful thing she'd ever seen.
"But
I don't want anything else in the world.”
― Cassandra
Clare, City of Glass
7
“Love
doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all
the time, made new.”
―
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven
8
“To
douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls that break
your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to
the absolute fucking horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid
enough to fall in love with her.”
―
Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster
9
“Man
may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.”
―
Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City
10
“What
I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth
instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our
losses. That it can be good again.”
―
Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
11
“If
you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If
they don't, they never were.”
―
Kahlil Gibran
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“I
don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ...
There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you
a shirt.”
―
Maya Angelou
13
“What
I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I
need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention.
Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.”
―
Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
14
“Love
does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in
the same direction.”
―
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey
15
“It
hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something
or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal
for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses
you, because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so
small because it's so hard to keep it inside when you let it out and it doesn't
coma back. You're left so alone that you can't explain. Damn, there's nothing
like that, is there? I've been there and you have too. You're nodding your
head.”
―
Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins
16
“It
was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
―
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
17
“My
daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no
matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.”
―
Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
18
“And,
in the end
The
love you take
is
equal to the love you make.”
―
Paul McCartney, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
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“If
he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates
expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will
do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with
disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re
going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at
ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your
feelings and needs. “Busy” is another word for “asshole.” “Asshole” is another
word for the guy you’re dating. You deserve a fcking phone call.”
―
Greg Behrendt
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“Even
if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you
choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t
respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you
smile, laugh, and feel loved.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
