To Feel the Sun

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. --David Viscott

[artbymoga-deactivated20200516]

I’m a cheeseball and proud of it.

[humansofnewyork]

“We met at a swing dance class. For the next two months, we spent a lot of time together: we went out for drinks, went to music festivals, went for walks around town. But nothing was happening. Not even a kiss. It was driving me crazy. I was always on the phone with my friends, trying to figure this guy out. I thought I was being pretty obvious. Then one night I pulled out all the stops. I cooked him a five course meal, we drank a lot of wine, and we ended up on the couch together. But still nothing!” 

“I realized after I left that night that I probably should have kissed her. Something about the look on her face. But hey, I’m a modern guy. A woman can make the first move. Plus my last relationship had hurt me a lot. But I made up for it two nights later. We went out to an Italian restaurant for her birthday. And one of the waiters gave her a birthday kiss. Then suddenly four more waiters are giving her birthday kisses. And I’m feeling a little jealous. And I’m drinking a lot of champagne. Then after dinner we went out to a club. And ‘Promiscuous Girl’ comes on by Nelly Furtado. And I’d been practicing my swing dancing. So I twirled her around like this. And then boom.”

[humansofnewyork]

“I’d been harboring a crush on him since 5th grade. But I thought: ‘I’m gonna be in the friend zone for a long time.’ Because I’m normally not the kind of person who’s liked in that way. But I thought, ‘Go for it.’ So I started flirting. I’d say things like, ‘You look nice.’ Or ‘I like your hair.’ Then we started going to different high schools, so we started texting a lot. And every once in awhile I’d use a heart emoji. Or a kiss emoji. And if he ever had to dress in a suit, he’d send me a picture. So things were going well. Then one day I had an orthodontist appointment near his school and we decided to meet at Starbucks. After his mom dropped him off, we went on a walk by the stream. Then we sat on a bench. And I saw him flip a coin. So I thought he was bored. But right after, he gave me a kiss.”

[difficult]

[simply-quotes-deactivated202002]

My grandmother once told me, “Relationships are work, honey, and they aren’t 50/50. Some days when I get up I only feel like giving 10%, then your granddaddy has to give 90% that day. But there is always 100% love.”

Leigh Ann Lunsford  (via ablogwithaview)

[mist-and-tea]

[wordsnquotes]

These were the days when my heart was volcanic.

Edgar Allan Poe   (via werudite)

[nietzscheandme]

Auguste Rodin, Lovers

[bacon-radio-deactivated20160622]

[aseaofquotes]

Peter Heller, The Dog Stars

[humansofnewyork]

“We’ve been friends for a long time. Both of us were married for forty years and both of our spouses passed away. A couple years after my husband died, he called me one night and invited me to a dance in New York. He wore a top hat and white tie, but he had a little too much to drink that night, and he fell into a snowdrift while he was walking me home. I couldn’t wait to see him again. The next morning I was sitting in my living room, reading the paper, and thinking: ‘Oh my God. Forty years of marriage. And here I am hoping that a man will call.”

[imanaires]

perfect couple: one person has cold hands, the other has warm hands. together, they maintain the ideal temperature for hand holding

[tharook]

relationship goals: thermodynamic equilibrium

[myprivatelibrary]

Putting your partner on a pedestal essentially guarantees two things: that you won’t be able to build any real intimacy, and that the person will disappoint you. No one can last on a pedestal. Everyone is flawed and will eventually show those flaws- and then you’ll be left wondering what you’ve been worshipping the whole time. Don’t treat a partner like gold. Treat a partner like a person you like and respect and also want to make out with.

Super You, Emily V. Gordon, p. 255 (via myprivatelibrary)

[theslaybymic]

10 quotes about love from cool, pragmatic scientists

Follow @this-is-life-actually

[micdotcom]

This is the intersection of science and love, @this-is-life-actually

[somepiecesofmyheartandsoul-deac]

“I used to think that love was a feeling,” he tells her, “but no, that’s not how it really is.” “What is it then?” She asks. “A choice,” he replies, “Love is a choice, a choice to put in your effort. Love is always a conscious commitment, not a sleepy confession during the night only to be taken for granted when the sun starts to shine the next day. It is a choice to help each other to grow, to be stronger.” “Love is definitely not a drunk confession at 3AM, only to forget about it when you’re sober. Love is a choice to be with your special one through thick and thin, it’s no child’s play at all. Love is a choice to stay and never give up when things are tough. Love is a choice on both sides to get things to work, to find out what’s wrong, and to fix it.” “So…” she says quietly, “…what’s your choice?” A pause. A look. A smile. “You.”

L.W. // Forgotten Words #74 // Love is a choice and my choice is you. Always. (via somepiecesofmyheartandsoul)

[wordsnquotes]

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

Khalil Gibran (via wordsnquotes)

[wordsnquotes]

You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace (via wordsnquotes)