Relationships
“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
— 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
“I think there are people that help you become the person that you end up being, and you can be grateful for them even if they were never meant to be in your life forever.”
— Bojack Horseman
“There’s a Korean word my grandma taught me. It’s called jung. It’s the connection of two people that can’t be severed. Even when love turns to hate, you will always have tenderness in your heart for them. Gen and I have jung. Part of us will always be tied to one another.”
— To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
"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
... 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
“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them and their response is ‘you’re safe with me’ - that’s intimacy.”
— The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid
“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