Relationships
Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime. It’s quietly romantic. He makes her tea. She goes to the doctor appointment with him. They listen to each other’s daily trivia. They put up with each other’s quirks. They’re there for each other.
Lori Gottlieb • Mr Good Enough: The case for choosing a Real Man over holding out for Mr Perfect
The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light.
Cheryl Strayed • Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
- William James
Knowing who You are WITHOUT THEM (a significant other)… is your greatest gift TO THEM.
Shane Willard • Sexuality•YouTube•Grace City Church
To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be. The people they're too exhausted to be any longer. The people they don't recognize inside themselves anymore. The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into.
We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out
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David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
A great marriage is mostly about two people committing to each other and then employing principles such as love, acceptance, patience, forgiveness, sacrifice, and unselfishness, to enrich that committed relationship. Marriage is more about work than about divine luck, more about finding someone to love than about finding someone to meet your own
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