Unless We Love And Are Loved, Each Of Us Is Alone, Each Of Us Is Deeply Lonely.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

Mortimer Adler (via fyp-philosophy)

I don’t believe in unconditional love. In fact, I think it’s unwise. My love has had a condition that if ever my love keeps you from you, from your growing, and realizing your personal potential, then I must step aside. No one has the right to stand in the way of another’s joy, development, or unique perceptions.

Leo Buscaglia (via wordsnquotes)

Once we nearly crashed into a tree because we were arguing over what music to listen to. You wanted to listen to some painfully hip techno shit that your friend had recommended, and it was giving me a headache, so we both kept fiddling with the radio, not watching the road. I grabbed the steering wheel at the very last second. When you realized what had happened, you laughed until you cried. At least I’m good in an emergency, I said, and you said: Sweetheart, you are an emergency.

Nicola Blank, from The Prettiest Girl in the Psych Ward (via medeae)

It is possible for angels to become devils and, perhaps more difficult to conceive, for devils to become angels.

Philip Zimbardo (via fyp-psychology)

Tell me it gets better. Ask me about the dreamer that died. Give me a reason to not get comfortable in this skin. Show me the silver lining, the most attenuated form as it might be in. Remind me about the goodness in people, one that the dreamer could once so promptly and vividly recognize. Remind me. Of the strength she had, that they admired. Make me believe that this too, shall pass. Let me live, leave.

girl-in-blue (via wnq-writers)

You know what really bothers me? 

The assumption that, because I’m asexual, I’m depriving my partner of sex.

I’m not depriving him of anything. He came into this relationship fully aware of my orientation and preferences and made the decision to date me anyway. Why should I be required to atone for my orientation? I shouldn’t feel guilty about not wanting sex any more than he should feel guilty for wanting it.

I don’t have to feel guilty because he isn’t getting laid. He made that decision himself of his own free will and I don’t owe him sexual favor to keep him interested in me. If he suddenly decides that the lack of sex is a problem, that’s his prerogative and he can end the relationship if he so chooses. 

That’s the beauty of a partnership. We both have choices in the matter and we both have boundaries to maintain. We’re both responsible for happiness here, not just the one of us without sexual urges toward the other. 

I think this type of misconception definitely needs to be abolished.