Quote by Roxane Gay

“they talked of intentions and projects, convinced, as only new lovers can be, that saying what you wanted was the same as saying who…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“I'm a good observer. And I have enough experience with unfulfilling relationships… I can recognize them a mile away.”

— Adria J. Cimino

“Lovers who have lived a lifetime together have the luxury of never having to say anything new.”

— Monique Truong

“Those who know how many lovers they have had, have not had so many.”

— Shane K.P. O'Neill

“Ideally, of course, a relationship is best, but then how many people are capable of deep feeling? Practically none.”

— Gore Vidal

“Never had it occurred to him that you could deceive the person you held dear. It was his first lesson in the complexity of…

— Elif Shafak

“...friends were more important than lovers - not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships.”

— John Irving

“We grew up in a place without a hint of love. Perhaps this was the single thing that bound us forever.”

— Vadim Babenko

“No, we weren't lovers, but in a way we had opened ourselves to each other even more deeply than lovers do. The thought caused…

— Haruki Murakami

“I was mistaken—and I don’t think I was—that what we had between us was the total transparency that exists among friends only. Perhaps we…

— André Aciman

“Yet he had a certain charm of manner, and I fancied that, if one really knew him well, one could have a deep affection…

— Agatha Christie

“Words could be empty, but what they were capable of bringing out in each other through their silence was something he’d never expected to…

— Josie Leigh