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“Our silence shields us from uncertainty. We want to know love. We are simply afraid the desire to know too much about love will lead us closer and closer to the abyss of lovelessness.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Time can definitely heal all wounds. Or at least most of them.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I think about how sometimes, no matter how convinced you are that your life will turn out a certain way, all that certainty can be washed away with a simple change in tide.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I will never become my mother.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“It’s not a person’s actions that hurt the most. It’s the love. If there was no love attached to the action, the pain would be a little easier to bear.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It Takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I prefer honesty over loyalty any day, because with honesty comes loyalty.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“When you end an abusive relationship, it’s the good moments you put an end to.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“Sirens have an abundance of sexual energy and know how to use it. Rakes insatiably adore the opposite sex, and their desire is infectious. Ideal Lovers have an aesthetic sensibility that they apply to romance. Dandies like to play with their image, creating a striking and androgynous allure. Naturals are spontaneous and open. Coquettes are self-sufficient, with a fascinating cool at their core. Charmers want and know how to please—they are social creatures. Charismatics have an unusual confidence in themselves. Stars are ethereal and envelop themselves in mystery.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“And just when you thought you had this fluid, larger-than-life woman, she would turn distant or angry, making it clear that everything was on her terms. You never possessed Cleopatra, you worshiped her. In this way a woman who had been exiled and destined for an early death managed to turn it all around and rule Egypt for close to twenty years.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“he defines love as “the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“When we understand love as the will to nurture our own and another’s spiritual growth, it becomes clear that we cannot claim to love if we are hurtful and abusive.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“One pattern that made the practice of love especially difficult was my constantly choosing to be with men who were emotionally wounded, who were not that interested in being loving even though they desired to be loved.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“And sometimes the best things come out of the fire.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“Well, well,” Lachlan says through his shit-eating grin. “Fuck. Off.” Rowan growls”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“Because revenge is easy. But everything else is hard.”
― Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird

“Gain freedom from the bondage and stronghold of a dysfunctional relationship and learn to love yourself and develop a strong relationship with God.”
― Rainie Howard, Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days

“(1 Corinthians 13:4-7)”
― Rainie Howard, Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days

“(1 Corinthians 10:3-4)”
― Rainie Howard, Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days

“Remember, there’s a season for everything, and you can miss your season if you’re stuck living and loving outside of God’s will.”
― Rainie Howard, Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days

“The trip in the wilderness shouldn’t have taken longer than 40 days, so why did it take them 40 years? Those without belief died before the trip ended and never had the opportunity to see and experience the promised land.”
― Rainie Howard, Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days

“Be Strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord your God, He is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)”
― Rainie Howard, Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days