Quotes About Love

Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation. Connor would be asleep now, in his neat apartment smelling of garlic and laundry

Now, for one day every month, she had to fake everything: her basic humanity, her love for her children, her love for Ed. She'd once been appalled to hear of women claiming PMS as a defense for murder. Now she understood. She could happily murder someone today!

No one warned you that having children reduced you right down to some smaller, rudimentary, primitive version of yourself, where your talents

The time will come, my darling, we'll get frail and sick and stubborn and your stomach will twist with love and terror each time we call, but plenty of time, don't get ahead of yourself, we're not there yet.

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day. (plaque dedication on a park bench)

I've been married.' 'You haven't stayed married.

I'll tell you something, something important. Love is a decision. Not a feeling.

Every time she fell out of love with him, he saw it happen and waited it out. He never stopped loving her, even those times when he felt deeply hurt and betrayed by her, even in that bad year when they talked about separating, he'd just gone along with it, waiting for her to come back to him, thanking God and his dad up above each time she did.

you have children you think your life has changed forever, and it's true, to an extent, but it's nothing compared to how your life changes after you lose a child.

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace. —Buddhist quote on Ellen O'Farrell's notice board

No one will ever love me as fiercely as my mother did.

It is just too much effort to be funny and entertaining and loving. It is just too much effort to talk, really.

maybe wishes do come true because this is family, this is what she never had, never knew, never dreamed, this is a moment so perfect and funny and this is her life now, just a string of perfect, funny moments one after the other, like a string of beads that will go on forever.

A woman wants to be adored but she doesn't want reverence. Thomas

Polyamorous. It means 'many loves.' If you're poly, you believe in having committed relationships with more than one person. My wife and I are both poly.

and she feels a rush of motherly affection for her, so much so that she even considers tucking the blanket under Veronika's chin, except she doesn't want to risk waking her and feeling her affection evaporate.

Finally, little by little, the vise around her chest loosened its grip enough for her to breathe again. It never went away completely. She'd accepted that a long time ago. She'd die with the clamp of grief still wrapped around her chest. She didn't want it to go away. That would be like Janie had never existed.

If Ellen had met him at that conference he probably would have broken up with her in exactly the same way," said my psychiatrist. "No, they're soul mates," I said. "It was true love for them." "It was timing," she said.

Grandchildren would be her second chance to get it right. Now she had the time and the eggs to spare, and she would be present with her grandchildren. When she looked at photos of her children when they were little, she sometimes thought, Did I notice how beautiful they were? Was I actually there? Did I just skim the surface of my entire damned life?)

Now that's true love: a man who is prepared to wear a cravat for you.

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

When I dream, I dream of him. For several nights now he's come to me, waving from a distant shore as if he's been waiting patiently for me to arrive. He doesn't utter a word, but his smile says everything: I've missed you.

Hijinxs and crazy shenanigans that'll leave you chuckling to the bewilderment of those around you - Love Romance Passion

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.