“Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.”
– Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
“Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.”
– Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
“Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.”
– Alan Watts
“I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT…Goodbye.”
– Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed script.”
– Shannon L. Alder
“Hope – or perhaps delusion – was a flame that had stayed lit, even though its scorching light would hurt. It had refused to go out.”
– Dianna Hardy, Broken Lights
“The end of an delusion is invariably sadness or tears.”
– Pop Samuel
“My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.”
– Shannon L. Alder