Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition.

Were taught that in life we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case assume rejection first. Assume youre the rule not the exception. Its liberating. But we also know its not an easy concept. -Hes not just into you

Because...because...she came here with me.

If you send out goodness from yourself or if you share that which is happy or good within you it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away the more love you will have.

What I cannot love I overlook.

In this world it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in.

Falling in love should be the easiest thing in the world but its not.

You know he said under normal circumstances you inviting me to the bedroom would be the highlight of my day.I crossed my arms and sat on the bed. I did so out of simple fatigue but a moment later I was struck by what I was doing. This is where Adrian sleeps. Im touching the covers hes wrapped in every night. What does he wear Does he wear anythingI jumped up.

Those who cannot conceive Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend. The rest of us know that though we can have erotic love and friendship for the same person yet in some ways nothing is less like a Friendship than a love-affair. Lovers are always talking to one another about their love Friends hardly ever about their Friendship. Lovers are normally face to face absorbed in each other Friends side by side absorbed in some common interest. Above all Eros while it lasts is necessarily between two only. But two far from being the necessary number for Friendship is not even the best. And the reason for this is important.... In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third and three by a fourth if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say as the blessed souls say in Dante Here comes one who will augment our loves. For in this love to divide is not to take away.

I never understood how men could remember all those details about sports but yet were incapable of remembering where they set their car keys or wallet.