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June 22 - June 23, 2019
Deep relationships probably never die, she thought, and always have the potential to be rekindled.
peace is an illusion created by either ignorance or acceptance.’
Our experience of the person is only a way to perceive him or her. And perceptions come with inherent limitations,
Forever: the root of all flowery assumptions in a love story
The way he reacted told her how less we know our partners. Living with them day in and day out, we create our own biased versions of them and start projecting our interpretations of the person on to their personality—which more often than not is far from reality.
Conclusions are made very swiftly, but to break them one needs time,
Happiness is a vacation. Hurt is our home.’
She had finally understood men. They would demand chance after chance when they were at fault but wouldn’t give a woman any chance—it didn’t matter if she was at fault or not. Their straying is always accidental but a woman’s straying is part of her personality. Most importantly, a man’s mistake is a woman’s sin.
And when you choose someone, you are by default embracing all the consequences the choice may bring along.