Contemporary Quote by Holly Bourne

“I just did not like to invest myself in a relationship that would soon end.”

— Samantha Young

“It is true that I suffered in a difficult and stupid love affair and that I worked at one bad job after another to…

— Siri Hustvedt

“I wanted that kind of steady, true love for myself, and I wanted a relationship where I could be independent but loved and looked…

— Roxane Gay

“Love is about investing in the best interest of another without regard to our own interest.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“You have an affair to get for yourself what you wish would come from the person you love the most. And then you have…

— Ariel Levy

“I faced the real possibility of spending the rest of my life alone, never experiencing great love. But then again, I might not live…

— Denise Grover Swank

“I knew instantly that I wanted that type of love in my life. To have someone I could take care of in every sense…

— Breanna Hayse

“You’ve always had my heart, Emmy. I know I fucked up by leaving but I thought it was my only choice. It took me…

— Devney Perry

“I have invested my heart. There is a chance that it will be broken but also a chance at unlimited happiness.”

— Beatrice Sparks

“This is the only life we have. I want to spend mine with you, but without impeding yours. (One would be truly lucky to…

— Nina George

“I believed in love stories. In the predictable and the obvious. In the unrealistic and the unpredictable. I loved them. I lived them. They…

— Emma Hart

“It was just a lie that seemed real. It was a promise that was never meant to be true. The forever that had a…

— Moffat Machingura