"To live without loving is not really to live."
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"i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)"
"A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him."
"We cannot focus upon the weaknesses of one another and evoke strengths. You cannot focus upon the things that you think they are doing wrong, and evoke things that will make you feel better. You've got to beat the drum that makes you feel good when you beat it. And when you do, you'll be a strong signal of influence that will help them to reconnect with who they are."
"Familiarity breeds contempt."
"I've seen it all before. Now that it's over I shoulda known better than to think this was real and you could be mine."
"But I gotta say, oh, baby, oh baby, why is this so familiar? Just met her, already feel like I know the real her."
"& all your friends telling you stories that you often misinterpret and taint all the images of yo Mr Perfect"
"Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters."
"Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know."
"Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames."
"I suffer from girlnextdooritis where the guy is friends with you and that's it."
"I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life."
"The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are the sort you don’t mind. It is futile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someone who is capable of significant change; that sort of person exists only in our imaginations."
"If you can sit at set of sun And count the deeds that you have done And counting find oneself-denying act, one word That eased the heart of him that heard. One glance most kind, Which fell like sunshine where he went, Then you may count that day well spent."
"Who can determine where one ends and the other begins?"
"The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life."
"The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a woman, the fascination resides in finding out that we're alike."
"That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow."
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams."