“A relationship is very likely to initially make us pretend we are someone we are not; a friendship, to eventually make us pretend we are still someone we used to be.”
“Money changes some people: Many a woman goes from being ashamed of being some poor or broke man’s girlfriend to being proud of being his girlfriend or even ex-girlfriend as soon as she realizes that he has become rich.”
“Completely different impressions of someone can each be created by a selection of facts, or even a single fact, from the very same collection of facts about them.”
“Through our conflicts with our partners and spouses, we can open up important new channels of communication and make discoveries about ourselves (and them) that lead to more complete and realized visions of our futures.”
“It’s not about becoming the right woman merely for the purpose of finding a guy. Much more importantly, we need to become the right woman before God, who already loves us more than any human ever could.”
“If we approach relationships from the assurance of being “rooted and grounded in love” (Eph. 3:17), we won’t expect perfection from ourselves or from others in order to be fulfilled.”
“A good date is when you are intoxicated with each other’s company and everything becomes good in the world.”
“Everything is sex, but sex isn t everything.”
“She tucks the veil of her hair behind the crescent moon of her ear to reveal the stars in her eyes.”
“I don t think it was our time then. I guess it isn t now, either... But one day maybe it will be.”
“I mean, here s the thing I don t get. How do people come to expect that their crushes will be reciprocated? Like, how does that get to be your default assumption.”
“In innumerable cases, the woman fell in love, not with the man, but with the lifestyle that came with being his girlfriend, wife, or mistress.”
“I ve always loved you. Even as a child- in a time I don t remember- I already loved you.”
“I can’t reconcile who he was, the man who was so kind and loving and considerate, with who he is now. I know the truth is who I’m seeing now, but I keep hoping the former man will come back. It’s like I love someone who doesn’t even exist.”
“Guys will get the girl that everyone wants... then forget she’s still the girl that everyone wants......”
“Some people hate being single so much that they are often the boyfriend or girlfriend of someone who they do not love.”
“Sometimes a woman offers a man friendship out of pity, as a consolation, or as a consolation prize, for his failure to make her want him, or at least agree to be in a relationship with him.”