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Nathaniel Branden says one of the characteristics of love relationships that flower…

“One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure–a willingness to let our partner enter into the interior of our private world and a genuine interest in the private world of that … Continue reading

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Philip Seymour Hoffman says you can’t have relationships if you’re not willing to be disappointed and hurt by that person…

“You can’t have relationships if you’re not willing to be disappointed and hurt by that person. It’s impossible. If you say yes to someone, I will, you are also saying, I will be hurt by you. You have to be … Continue reading

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Bells Hooks says true love does have the power to redeem but only if…

“To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue … Continue reading

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Gillian Anderson says the person who was just a friend…

“Well, it seems to me that the best relationships – the ones that last – are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you … Continue reading

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh says when you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way…

“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most … Continue reading

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Rainer Maria Rilke says only someone who is ready for everything…

“It is not inertia alone that is responsible for human relationships repeating themselves from case to case, indescribably monotonous and unrenewed: it is shyness before any sort of new, unforeseeable experience with which one does not think oneself able to … Continue reading

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Galway Kinnell says we’re all seeking that special person who is right for us…

“We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in … Continue reading

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