Jen

“I don't think she's being mysterious on purpose. It's like she can't help it. She's not shy--she'll talk to anyone--and she's not exactly distant, but even so, she's unreachable, as if there's an invisible fence around her, or a force field the repels whatever gets too close.”
― Sue Halpern, Summer Hours at the Robbers Library

“People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love—or to be loved by—is difficult.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“To love somebody is not just a strong feeling—it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“Don’t worry, as you realize by now, getting tested is a good thing. It means a woman is interested in you or wants to be stimulated by you. Read that sentence again.”
― Bruce Bryans, What Women Want When They Test Men: How to Decode Female Behavior, Pass a Woman’s Tests, and Attract Women Through Authenticity