Reassuring a jealous woman that you don't want her man creates the bigger beast of resentment because that tells her that what she has isn't desirable and to her, where the opinions of others correlates to her self-worth, is unforgivable. Votes: 10
Just following orders' is no excuse unless you're in the bedroom. Votes: 7
I know you're there. I can detect your presence each time it closes in on mine. Votes: 7
Why do people assume? If I hate you, I'll tell you. In this case, it's not hate. It's hurt. I'll lick my wounds, which only oozed because I gave a damn, and be over it before the sun rises. Votes: 5
Nocturnal with a love for night, I'd stay up to see sunlight... Votes: 5
She may be crazy but at least she isn't you. Votes: 5
You may not like what I see but I don't like what you do. Votes: 4
At least with zombies I know my enemy and I know what to do: Aim and shoot. It's not so easy with people. Votes: 4
You can't be in my world...You live in this one. Votes: 4
Can I be trusted? Can you? I can be trusted with some things, but not all things, just like you. Votes: 4
She wasn't always a pillar of ice. Her warmth and good deeds were repaid with deceit and betrayal until little by little a chill took over. Votes: 4
Suffer he commanded seductively. With meor because of me. Votes: 3
Suffer" he commanded seductively. "With me...or because of me. Votes: 3
I've seen you around. You liken yourself a bad ass, and darlin', you are. Minus the bad. Votes: 3
What have I to prove, and to whom, and why? I'm keen enough to want nothing more than to live a simple, humble, unfettered life. Votes: 3
I have a deep appreciation for anything that challenges my morality. I tend to wonder which thing or person might overpower my beliefs and would I avoid it altogether in order to say, "It didn't conquer me," or would I accept the challenge head-on in an attempt to prevail? Which requires greater courage? Votes: 2
Shoo. Away with you. It's my fault for expecting the extraordinary from the ordinary. Votes: 2
Don't start a fight if you can't duke it out. Either win or concede but whatever you do, don't have others fight for you. Votes: 1
Evil spawns mayhem while benevolence repairs; doing good comforts the living while prayers are extended to the one who attends to the dead. Votes: 1
Her heart is as soft as her curves and neither are easy to access. Votes: 1
Marriage is the connecting of the two: Without passion it's just friendship; without friendship it's just lust. Votes: 1
Some men like shiny new toys. Others like the priceless antique." Votes: 1
Emotions have cycles whereas love endures. Some people confuse emotions, which are ever-changing, with love's durability." Votes: 1
Some things you sentence yourself to life for. Votes: 1
Only cowards cave. The brave get assassinated. Votes: 1
I don't admire the person who does what they want to do. I admire the person who does what they're afraid to do. Votes: 1
I must be out of my mind if I loved you in spite of everything you've done, and anyone else would condemn you for it, but I can't condemn you at all. In my own troubled mind, I loved you for it. Votes: 1
Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim. Votes: 1
I don't make people comfortable but that's what couches are for. Votes: 1
The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my thoughts and makes me remember. Votes: 1
Even "meant to be" takes work. Votes: 0
People change us. It is a rare, if not an impossible occurrence, that we come out of relationships unscathed. In our dealings with people we take something with us and we leave something behind. Some people are haunted more than others, either by the sweet perfume of another or the stink of regret. Votes: 0
There was once a spirited feral mustang broken in by her stern rider. It was a harmonious relationship for the most part but, like any relationship, she tested the boundaries he placed on her and threw him...Would the rider, having suffered his own wound, retaliate, discipline or forgive? Votes: 0
Connecting with someone is not necessarily a bond with a significant other, or even a friend, but can be the indefinable - perhaps the rarest and most precious thing in life to find at all. Votes: 0
There is the purity of love, harmonious in every way, but not meant for a lifetime, and then there is the steady love of commitment - no less real but completely different. She had both. Votes: 0
Don't focus on her hiss. Remember her purr. Votes: 0
I always welcomed the comforting cloak of night except for the times when I lost something in it. Votes: 0
Don't concern yourself with the opinions of those who judge you. That is placing on them an importance they do not have. Votes: 0
For those who have learned what suffering is early on, you have prepared ahead of the pack so that you can take care of the pack. Votes: 0
Her scar tissue, which she seems to amass both physically and mentally, may not be pretty, but they have become tougher than if she had never been wounded at all. Votes: 0
I don't admire the person who hides from the world and claims enlightenment. To be purified you have to be tested and there is no better test of strength than dealing with other people. Votes: 0
There's the good girl leading a charmed life who secretly covets to be the rare and elusive femme fatale and the femme fatale who yearns to be good and then there is their nemesis - men who dream and desire both. Votes: 0
You're flattered because he wants to sleep with you? Who doesn't he want to sleep with? Votes: 0
Known for leaving, she asked me who I would consider sticking around for. I said, "The one who asked me to and meant it. Votes: 0
No, we aren't civilized, even in our business suits and high heels. People are as mean as ever, and as predictable. Underneath it all, we are not so different from what lurks in the wild, perhaps we're worse. Votes: 0
Anger met with anger only increases enmity rather than diffusing a tense situation. Anger, in turn, gives birth to hate. In such cases the wisest thing to do is not to engage through emotion. Emotions are self-centered and denying them spares animosity. Votes: 0
It's not that I am "above" feeling hatred. It's that I make the choice whether to yield to it or not. Hatred keeps a person with you, and the last thing I want with me in my thoughts is someone who doesn't deserve to be there. Votes: 0
You're sad but you hold everything back... Votes: 0
One woman's definition of success may not be another's. Is success, as the world defines it, an accomplishment in a society this sick? Votes: 0
Some people, who always talk about how busy they are, are really trying to claim how 'important' they are. Votes: 0
I wonder if pain comes from surrendering or resisting? Votes: 0
Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is. Votes: 0
You never know what you're made of until temptation comes knocking. The only temptation I've given in to is to have one more slice. Votes: 0
Would it discourage a stalker from stalking if he knew that they knew? Votes: 0
She used to wander through the past as often as it beckoned her, bemoaning the loss of nostalgia. Then, for a while, she turned from it, blissfully free of its noxious clutch, and now it's back, taunting her with what she left behind, knowing she can never recapture what's gone. Votes: 0
Weird people don't care if they're weird. They are the most entertaining to converse with because nothing is off-limits. Votes: 0
I didn't intend to go in that direction but strange things happen when the lights go out. Votes: 0
I like awkward moments. They are full of tension and suspense. Anything's possible or, at the very least, they are the source of some electric sizzle. Votes: 0
Truth and integrity must be so rare these days that it confuses people when they hear it. Votes: 0
Just because you talk about it or advocate for one position doesn't mean you care more. Just because someone doesn't talk about it and advocates a different position doesn't mean they care less. Votes: 0
I don't cry because we've been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we're still together. Votes: 0
Steam rising underneath a canopy of whispering, changing aspens; starlight in the clear, dark night, and wondrous beauty in every direction. If only all could feel this way, to be so captured and enthralled with autumn. Votes: 0
Enchantment and fulfillment were on the gold and garnet horizon - autumn's breath, a dormant dream reawakened, a yearning nearly satiated, a tender thank you with a brush of the lips, and a connection as fingers touch and go hand in hand. Votes: 0