“Is this who I married?! Something is terribly wrong. Let us reassure you, nothing has gone wrong. Romantic Love is just the first stage of couplehood. It’s supposed to fade. Romantic Love is the powerful force that draws you to… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Romantic Love delivers us into the passionate arms of someone who will ultimately trigger the same frustrations we had with our parents, but for the best possible reason! Doing so brings our childhood wounds to the surface so they can… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Many divorced or widowed people do with their singleness what they should have done before they married for the first time: live alone, find… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“One minute you’re involved in your life as you know it, when suddenly you see the one. Your eyes meet (perhaps across a crowded… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“When we were babies, we didn’t smile sweetly at our mothers to get them to take care of us. We didn’t pinpoint our discomfort… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“All this may seem like a terrible tangle. But since partnership is designed to resurface feelings from childhood, it means that most of the… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Conflict is the alchemical soup that transforms raw emotion and instinct into pure gold. — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“Is this who I married?! Something is terribly wrong. Let us reassure you, nothing has gone wrong. Romantic Love is just the first stage… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
The depth of our love can be measured by our efforts. We demonstrate our love when we take that extra step... — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
We always marry someone for the purpose of finishing our childhood. — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Singleness would be recognized as a vital stage of the journey to maturation, a time to learn about who we are, to learn responsibility… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Above all else, we seek connection - with parts of ourselves that we have repressed, with other people, and with the larger universe. We… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“FROM ECSTASY TO AGONY Romantic Love sticks around long enough to bind two people together. Then it rides off into the sunset. And seemingly… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. —ANDRÉ MAUROIS” — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Nature does not care that you are comfortable, only that you evolve. — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
Every therapeutic intervention is an act of social transformation. — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
“Whoa! The idea that your partner is really a composite of your parents can be a bit upsetting at first. Though we love our… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
