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Loyalty was even more powerful than love in this life.
Loyalty all depended on how much they depended on you, and you on them.
If only we all could be so lucky to find our beauty, our peace, our purpose before we left this earth.
Jocelyn once told me that a woman should never want to be treated as a man’s equal. She should demand to be treated better. Our doors should be held, along with receiving the same pay and opportunities, that sort of thing. And she also said that if a man truly loved you, he’d treat you as though he didn’t deserve you, but hell if another man could do better.
If your mouth can’t respect me, then your hands have no place on my body.”
thought that holding my ground meant fighting for it. In that moment, I realized something. Sometimes holding ground meant going with the flow, saving energy, so when the wave passed, I could go in a better direction.
Living meant taking chances, even if we got soiled up in the process.
Open the lines of communication.” He took a deep breath. “You speak of the heart. The heart cannot beat without an open flow. If it has clots.” He shrugged. “It will die. Think of a marriage in these same terms.”
Love is not the dagger you think it is. It’s only used as a weapon when the one you love turns it on you. Love is a shield against the rest of the world. Only the two of us can allow strangers beyond our gates. Love stems from so many different things. Companionship. Friendship. Loyalty, and loyalty can breed love. Or love can breed loyalty.
