Can you imagine? Can you imagine being on a plane one moment…just having landed from a vacation and the next moment, you are being hauled off in a pair of handcuffs as you look at the horrified looks on not only your children’s faces…but every stranger you pass on the walk of shame through the airport to the ground transportation?
“When we lived in western Pennsylvania my uncle would always tell me about Charlie No-Face.”
This isn’t your typical list where Psycho is at the top and then every other horror movie you’ve already seen is listed below.
Your partner is a human not a god. No matter how great you think you’re partner may be, they will make mistakes.
To gain control of your life, you have to allow yourself to lose control of its smaller components.
I couldn’t help but scoff. “You saying you’re a Ghostbuster?”
“That’s putting a bit too fine of a point on it for my liking. Plus, I think the title might be taken.”
Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength and humility.
He cares if you’re upset. He doesn’t ignore your unhappiness, he attempts to understand it.
My mind was racing. I wanted to run for the door that was swinging open on its hinges, but I couldn’t. Not with Tracy still in the apartment. The thought of her trapped in my room made me sick to my stomach. No, I had to protect her, I had to.
“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”
Above all, the thing I find the most helpful when I feel defeated is to remember the previous time I felt like this.
What if I am doomed to roam this Earth knowing what love feels like and knowing it’s never going to feel that way again?
He fucked my life and set me back years–money I could’ve saved, time with other people or working on school or jobs. He knew he was ruining my future and didn’t care. I know they’ve all told everyone I’m a crazy, spiteful bitch.
The belief that being a good friend means remaining friends with someone, “no matter what.”
“Woke up early in the morning. It was still dark. And I heard a bear snarl. Froze in my sleeping bag. Bear snarled again.”
I could have chalked it up to coincidence, but there was a clear pattern here. I had at least ten reports mentioning him. Was he a disgruntled employee trying to get back at the university for firing him? Was it sabotage?
We still like the idea of dates but we don’t like the word, and because we don’t like it everyone out there is getting really damn confused as to what dates are.
These are the simplest facts of love. Love is not supposed to hurt you more than it heals you. The right person makes the timing right. Indecision is a decision, and that decision is no.