Like Love – Quotes

A vacation is like

A vacation is like love – anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia. Evan Esar

Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for him didn’t have a lot to do with hating my job. From the bar exam through that first hellish year as an associate, Nate was my escape. And sometimes that can feel an … Read more

But now I know

But now I know that there is no killing A thing like Love, for it laughs at Death. There is no hushing, there is no stilling That which is part of your life and breath. You may bury it deep, and leave behind you The land, the people that knew your slain; It will push … Read more

Birth, like love, is

Birth, like love, is an energy and a process, happening within a relationship. Both unfold with their own timing, with a uniqueness that can never be anticipated, with a power that can never be controlled, but with an exquisite mystery to be appreciated. Elizabeth Noble

Infatuation is not quite

Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it’s more like love’s shady second cousin who’s always borrowing money and can’t hold down a job. Elizabeth Gilbert

Poetry is another space,

Poetry is another space, like love, where we extend that extra credit to the writer. Elif Batuman

It takes courage to

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living … Read more

A vacation is like

Looking back, I question

But now I know

Birth, like love, is

Infatuation is not quite

Poetry is another space,

It takes courage to

Truth, like love, is

True love is like

When we work for