#ps

Miscommunication is endless. ↗

— J.P. Rattie

#life-lessons #men-and-women #relationships #life

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#fear-of-life #orgasm #pleasure #psychoanalysis #psychology

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it. ↗

— Socrates

#psychology #relationships #life

A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, inventive, loyal, roving. ↗

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

#life

I loved you because there was no other place for me to go. We were married because we did not know what else to do with each other. You never knew me, nothing about me, what died inside me, what lived invisibly. ↗

— Aleksandar Hemon

#love #relationships #life

Women and men who have established no-lie relationships talk about them with reverence, even when they are not permanent and, in fact, even when they are not romantic. Why? In the no-lie relationship there is acceptance of who each partner is, rather than a shallow idealization. There is a genuine commitment to the relationship beyond the immediate. You each act as though you are in a real partnership that will last. ↗

— Dory Hollander

#honesty #life #relationships #life

Beckett's probably the hardest man there is to love," Blake said. "He does life wrong for all the right reasons. ↗

— Debra Anastasia

#blake #debra-anastasia #poughkeepsie #life

I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#life

You never know who's waiting for you and you never know when love is coming your way or who it might be. But let me just say, a healthy relationship requires SACRIFICE and DEDICATION. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#love #relationships #life

Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me. That I’m being upstaged by a dead pig. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#life