Deb Caletti, The Secret Life Of Prince Charming Quotes
Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.
You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.
Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".
So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.
If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?
When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.
Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.
Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.
It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.
Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.
The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple.
We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.
