Цитаты из книги Conversations on Love

I still believed the act of showing yourself fully to a new person was a risk, but somewhere inside me a fresh knowledge was unfolding: that the risk of not doing so - of never being seen, of never expressing needs, of never giving and accepting real love-was far greater.

I learnt that the loneliest place of all is lying in bed at night next to someone who makes you feel small, with your back to theirs, still hoping they will turn over and put their arms around you.

I was obsessed with idea of love, not the truth of it.

I understand then that old friends do not always need to be the center of each other's worlds to continue to love each other.

We have to stay in constant conversation with someone we love, and sex is different way to have a conversation with them.

Like you, your partner is always work in progress. As someone who loves them, your job is to keep knowing them, to keep being curious.

a relationship isn't a course you can study for and then complete. Instead, it is a decision you make every day to build something meaningful with another person.

And if you can be kind to yourself, you can be kind to others

You're not meant to lose sleep or cry over love. You shouldn't have to fight for it. If it feels like a fight, don't waste your time.

That's an important lesson in love: no one is too busy to reply to a fucking text message!

Is love stronger than the fear of uncertainty? Than the fear of change? Than the fear of death? Answering these questions is a never-ending task, and this is one of the greatest lessons I have learnt: love is a lifelong project, a story that we can't skip to the end of.