“our species’ most basic needs (food, shelter, safety) must be met before we can pursue more sophisticated emotional or social desires like prestige and creative fulfillment. Initially, marriage provided a way for people to secure resources and fulfill those basic… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“If the institution of marriage really is failing, maybe it’s because it is no longer the only—or even the best—model for how to make… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“Traister points out that our assumptions about single women are often guided by “an unconscious conviction that, if a woman is not wed, it’s… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“You find someone who makes you better (which is no small feat, to be sure)--because you are inspired by his generosity, because he is… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“Love stories have endings, but love itself is ongoing and continually warped and renewed by the people who do the loving.” — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who eats imagines herself a dietician, but nearly everyone who has loved -- which is nearly everyone -- presumes to know something… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“Do married people know more about love than the rest of us, I wondered, or do they convince themselves they do by doling out… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“It reminds us that love isn’t something that happens to us — it’s something we’re making together.” — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“our species’ most basic needs (food, shelter, safety) must be met before we can pursue more sophisticated emotional or social desires like prestige and… — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“Extraordinary love was not defined by the intensity with which you wanted someone, but by generosity and kindness and a deep sense of friendship” — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
“My job was not to choose a good person to love, but rather to be good to the person I'd chosen.” — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
