Something to think about

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go" Herman Hesse

"Why is it that we don't always recognize the moment love begins, but we always recognize the moment it ends?" O_o

"Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall."

"Real love is always fated. It has been arranged before time. It is the most meticulously prepared of coincidences. And fate, of course, is simply a secular term for the will of God, and coincidence for His grace." Joshua Harris

"Love is when you can’t get that certain someone out of your head. Love is when you think about them non stop. Love is when you draw hearts around their name. Love is when you write those stupid “I love..” on your paper with their name & cross it out real fast hoping no one saw his name. Love is when you dream about his warm hugs, his beautiful eyes, and his luscious kisses. Love is when you wanna be in his arms forever. Love is when you wanna tell everyone about it, even if they haven’t asked.. " I think I love you...

The Holiday (Unrequited love)

Iris: I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love. Of that I am an expert. Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space! Yes, you are looking at one such individual. And I have willingly loved that man for over three miserable years! The absolute worst years of my life! The worst Christmas', the worst Birthday's, New Years Eve's brought in by tears and Valium. These years that I have been in love have been the darkest days of my life. All because I've been cursed by being in love with a man who does not and will not love me back. Oh god, just the sight of him! Heart pounding! Throat thickening! Absolutely can't swallow! All the usual symptoms.

 Audrey Hepburn quote

“It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'”