Michelle Williams
The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that’s when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person.
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via durianquotes)
(via paul4allseasons)
When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.
Charles Bukowski, (Love is a Dog from Hell)
I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.”
William Deresiewicz ( A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter)
For Austen, love came from the mind as well as the heart. She didn’t believe you could fall in love with someone until you knew them, and then what you fell in love with was their character more than anything else — whether they were a good person and also an interesting one. So I guess that means, date someone for a while before you commit, and don’t get so carried away by your feelings that you forget to give a good hard look at who they are.
