Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Our times are obsessed with finding fulfillment, so there are times when some people try too hard, and there are people who… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
You can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Sex deepens love and love deepens sex, so physical intimacy transforms everything and playing with it is playing with fire. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
I'm not sure there can be loving without commitment, although commitment takes all kinds of forms, and there can be commitment for… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The dream of romantic love is taken more seriously in North America than it is anywhere else in the world, which is… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way or the… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
“ Whether the melon falls on the knife or the knife falls on the melon, it's the melon that suffers." And so it would… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
