“I thought you'd left me," he said.
"Monday is shopping night," she replied.
"Yeah, but I thought you left me. I was so scared," he rasped, face folding.
Two pints of milk, two tubs of Greek yoghurt, Parmesan, and smoked mackerel for the fridge.
"Well, I haven't," she said. "I went shopping."
Whole wheat spaghetti, two tins of chickpeas, two tins of tomatoes, and red lentils for the cupboard.
"Are you OK?" he asked.
Garlic, sweet potatoes, and red onions for the bottom drawer.
"Darling, please talk to me," he begged.
Bananas, apples, and Comte pears for the fruit bowl.
"Darling, please. I can't have you not talking to me."
A bar of 85 percent Green and Black's and Kettle Chips for the top cupboard.”
Source: Piglet
“Kumiko and I felt something for each other from the start. It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people like an electric shock when they first meet, but something quieter and gentler, like two tiny lights travelling in tandem through a vast darkness and drawing imperceptibly closer to each other as they go. As our meetings grew more frequent, I felt not so much that I had met someone new as that I had chanced upon a dear old friend.”
Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“We were happy with our married life and had no problems to speak of. And yet there were times when I couldn't help sensing an area inside Kumiko to which I had no access. In the middle of the most ordinary-of the most excited - conversation, and without the slightest warning, she might sink into silence. It would happen all of a sudden, for no reason at all (or at least no reason I could discern). It was like walking along the road and all of a sudden falling into a pit. Her silences never lasted very long, but afterwards, until a fair amount of time had gone by, it was as if she were not really there.”
Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“While every robot seeks emotional maturity, be the human who cherishes vulnerable love.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“Any ape can find escape in romance novels,
It takes a human to be the living pillar of love.
While every robot seeks emotional maturity,
Be the human who cherishes vulnerable love.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“This cycle of reactions versus expectations was becoming the new currency in our marriage. I worried we were doomed to never return to a place of mutual compassion and patience”
Source: My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
“Love is not a jungle safari
from one hunt to another.
Love is a sacred calling
of losing oneself in another.”
Source: Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
“I don't want haphazard love.
I want intentional love.”
Source: Speaking with the Heart: Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection
“I think the artichoke is delicious
but I don't eat
or mention its spikes”
Source: Speaking with the Heart: Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection
“Walang naglalaro ng apoy na hindi napapaso. Huwag ipagpalit ang kinabukasan sa ilang minutong kaligayahan. Kaya mo bang ipagpalit ang lahat ng magagandang bagay na naipundar mo para sa ilang minutong sarap ng pakikiapid? Kapag bumagsak ka na sa adultery mahirap ng ibalik ang tiwala ng iba.”
Source: Lovestruck, Sexy Edition