Misc. Love Archive

“It’s funny how those initial instincts can be so right, you know? I mean, you make all these mistakes along the way, but the world will make sure you end up with the person you’re meant to be with.” – Young Adult

“I want you to fight for me! That’s all I ever wanted!” – Real Steel

“He loves me, this one’s forever, even while she knew it might not be, that nobody knew forever until the end. That’ll have to be enough, she thought, and then closed her eyes and loved him back.” – Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie

“Reality could never match the fantasy. That was always the problem, and it was just a question of stopping the fantasy.” – Bookends by Jane Green

“The first divorce is okay, it can happen to anyone-too young, too romantic, unrealistic-but the second divorce is different. The second divorce is stigma.” – Best Friends by Martha Moody

“‘You could have a normal life. You could love a man who loves you and could see you every day. Really see you, not just you imagining he sees you. You could get married again! I was wrong to even start this. It’s my fault. I lie in bed at night and think, what am [...]

“‘Invested? Have you thought about how invested we are in each other? Wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, I always think of you. Last week, I had a new patient call me a white bitch who enjoyed seeing people like her suffer, and you know what? I didn’t fall apart. I listened to her. I [...]

“She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy, so happy, and I will always be grateful to you for that.” – One Day

“I will never stop trying. Because when you find the one… you never give up.” – Crazy, Stupid, Love.

“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as their final expression, the purpose of all the things she loved on earth. . . To find a consciousness like her own, who would be the meaning of her world, as [...]