“It is not a
lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
― Friedrich Nietzsche
“It is a truth
universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune,
must be in want of a wife.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“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
― Greg Behrendt
“You know it's
never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty.
Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal.
Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails
along for the ride.”
― Jodi Picoult, Mercy
― Jodi Picoult, Mercy
“Let there be
spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between
you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving
sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from
one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing
and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the
strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your
hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can
contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the
pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in
each other's shadow.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
“The trouble
with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry
him.”
― Cher
― Cher
“To be fully
seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can
border on miraculous.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
“Men marry
women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they
will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
“Aim high, but
do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is
that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that
he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of
expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not
going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work
and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will
not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley
― Gordon B. Hinckley
“I don't want
to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than
spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I
can't be silent with.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Sometimes I
wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next
door and just visit now and then.”
― Katharine Hepburn
― Katharine Hepburn
“Why does a
woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she
married?”
― Barbra Streisand
― Barbra Streisand
“Someone told
me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and
gave the key to his best friend for safekeeping, in case of his death. He had
ridden only a few miles away when his friend, riding hard, caught up with him,
saying 'You gave me the wrong key!”
― Anaïs Nin
― Anaïs Nin
“Here's
something else to think about: calling when you say you're going to is the very
first brick in the house you are building of love and trust. If he can't lay
this one stupid brick down, you ain't never gonna have a house baby, and it's
cold outside.”
― Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
― Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
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