Mélanie Berliet

If you dare to love passionately, missteps are part of the bargain.

In one sudden moment, I realized I’d lost something precious without anticipating it: complete independence.

“The whole ‘cool girl,’ I’m-too-chill-to-get-upset-at-my-boyfriend phenomenon has gotten so out of hand. Why pretend something doesn’t bug you if it does?”

When she called out her own son for being a sugar baby.

Whatever you do, don’t position the whole thing as a gift she gets to give you.

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford

“As a practicing lawyer, I’m more of a read-between-the-lines guy…”

Don’t ignore your inner voices, but don’t become a victim of your own speculative thoughts, either.

Seduced by my best girlfriend during a not-so-innocent high school study session.

It can make a gal feel insecure to sit in the Love Train’s first car while her man rides caboose for a lengthy stretch, but it happens.

We can’t be “fixed,” but we don’t want to be.

He feels overwhelmingly relieved—except for the lifetime fidelity part.