Relationships
— excerpts from an interview with kathee muzin about the first time she fell in love with another woman, published in the montreal gazette, december 1991
“Language is real. The power of it is that it gets deeper than any human touch. If I were to touch you right now, I would only get to your skin. But when I speak to you, I’m all the way through.”
— Ocean Vuong
“Truth and relationships don't make life better, David. They make life possible.”
— Six Feet Under, "Twilight"
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.”
— bell hooks, All About Love - New Visions
“Eventually soulmates meet, for they have the same hiding place.”
— Robert Brault
“There is no special love exclusively reserved for romantic partners. Genuine love is the foundation of our engagement with ourselves, with family, with friends, with partners, with everyone we choose to love.”
— bell hooks, from All About Love: New Visions
"What is the self, anyways? Who am I, really, when I am not being constantly drawn into some directionless orchestra of busyness? Or when I am not being constructed/instructed in perfect dyadic tandem by that vast, external capitalistic force that demands me to produce? Although it does feel hyper-personal, my obsession with productivity is somethi
... See more"Love is understanding, not transformation, and if you find somebody that doesn't understand you, at whichever point in your life, run. Love them as they are or leave them be."
— Guillermo Del Toro