We see in others what we want and what we fear.

Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone.

Could it be that first love was the only true love? And that after those first fires had been doused or burned out, men and women chose whom they would love based on worldly needs, and then reenacted the rituals and feelings of that first pure experience - nursed the flames that once burned of their own accord

It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them.

It’s the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt.

Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.

When I was in my early twenties, I fell in love at least 20 times a day. You have to be with someone where you think: if the world was full of people like you, I could not be monogamous. As you get older, you get to know yourself a little more. The older you get, the more you realize what you need. And you also realize how your choice in relationships is influenced by how you grew up. Now I feel like I've explored the dynamic of how I grew up, and I'm free to find someone who's really going to be a wonderful companion.