I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable.
I'm committed as governor to valuing and nurturing our relationships with our friends to the south.
I need to be loved. I need to be nurtured. I also need peace and stability in my relationships. I can't be in volatile relationships.
My relationships are between me and whomever I'm with, not between me and the world.
A lot of writers dwell on their relationships with their mothers, but only a few are worth reading.
I could have tried. Please don't, I could have said. I'm begging you. I never meant to drive you away completely, just a little, just to a safer distance. Please. In thirty long years the only time I haven't felt worthless was when we were together.
I was always making plans and wanting new things to happen.
Don't try to impress others by showing a fake personality because they will love your fake personality not the real you.
When your lips caress mine, even winter fails to chill me.
"I see her slipping away, bit by bit, because you shove her down when she so desperately needs someone to help her back up."
A great many a drop of water will create a creek.
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