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“Every man I meet is in some way my superior.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticizing her own oppression”
Sheila Jeffrys
“The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.”
John Cheever
“I thought we were a real love relationship. I did. I was very invested in love, but it was just this long long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's just about getting off. Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“the best relationships--friendship and otherwise--tend to be those where you *can* say anything to the other person but you don't say *everything*.”
Audrey Beth Stein
“Forgiveness is the oil of relationships”
Josh McDowell
“Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.”
Dave Barry
“We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.”
Leo F. Buscaglia
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
Robert Benchley
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”