#relationships

"Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future."

"Shiva Haiku Sitting shiva.One more day of thisand I'll die of boredom."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

"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."

"The scent of Florida honeysuckle uplifted in a spring breeze reminds me of your love, and how fresh it was until it blew past me into my past."

"I have two hands, so when I’m networking and I meet two new people, is it OK to shake both their hands at once? Or would it be more appropriate to organize a group hug?"

"If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one."

"The ‘New House, New Luck’ Fallacy [10w] Switching external environment doesn't cure depression;change must occur internally."

"Evil [10w] Believing you're evil sets into motion the wheels of self-destruction."

"Often we take personally the slings and arrows of our 'abusers'. But frequently we are merely the interchangeable pawns of their own neurotic dramas. Anyone else in your position would have received the same treatment. There is nothing especially noxious or negatively noteworthy about you."

"Spontaneous Gift Giving [10w] Learn to give gifts spontaneously accompanied by a love note."

"Glow in the Dark "You've led me from stark nightwith a love that glows in the dark."

"Rice-a-Roni: The San Francisco treat... ...the other treat, of course, being anal penetration."

"He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist."

"The word long is short, and so is the word short, but why is the word love as long as long? Shouldn’t it be longer?"

"A love story in six words: Hello. Goodbye. In between was marriage."

"She asked me if I was seeing anybody else, and I said, No, the other woman is invisible."

"In this storyI am the poetYou're the poetry."

"When I win, it’s because I’m skilled. When I lose, it’s because my opponent is lucky. But when I fall in love, it’s because I’m lucky and she’s skilled."

"The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world."