There it was. That fierce loyalty. He didn't have a clue how that was the most attractive thing about him. —Mariana Zapata in Under Locke More about this quote Tags: history certainty attraction loyalty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm being very selfish with myself right now. Taking care of me, feeding my own soul. —Debbie Macomber in A Girl's Guide to Moving On More about this quote Tags: self-care soul selfishness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. —Linda Lael Miller in Creed's Honor More about this quote Tags: memory change nostalgia sweetness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: truth art emotion jokes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't know how I got to be thirty. I don't feel thirty, the way I felt so definitely nine, and thirteen, and twenty-one. —Rachel Khong in Vitamin More about this quote Tags: perception change age thirty 30 Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The fact is, being married to your job for some portion or all of your life, even if it does in some way inhibit romantic prospects, is not necessarily a terrible fate, provided that you are lucky enough to enjoy your work, or the money you earn at it, or the respect it garners you, or the people you do it with. —Rebecca Traister in All the Single Ladies More about this quote Tags: money work romance marriage fate Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love isn't found in words. It's found in quiet moments, a look, a sigh, a smile, a gladness. And very often, it's shown with sacrifice. —Lorraine Heath in Just Wicked Enough More about this quote Tags: love sacrifice quiet gladness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: politics knowledge self-centeredness politeness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. —Douglas Adams More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. —Joan D. Vinge More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Being judged and found lacking by the people who were supposed to love you never left anyone feeling all right. —Mariana Zapata in Wait for It More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it. —Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No shame in loving an ain't-shit man, long as you get it out your system good and early. A tragic woman hooks into an ain't-shit man, or worse, lets him hook into her. He will drag her until he tires. He will climb atop her shoulders and her body will sag from the weight of loving him. —Brit Bennett in The Mothers More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep, or in love with somebody I won't be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: "I'll go take a hot bath. —Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love never really dies, but it does fade, as you well know. And when it fades, the part that remains teaches us how to love better the next time. —Kristen Ashley in The Hookup More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email