You should know this about the rich: they always want to get richer. It is never boring, getting your hands on more money.
Why have I spent so long settling for less when I know damn well the world expects more?
When you dig just the tiniest bit beneath the surface, everyone’s love life is original and interesting and nuanced and defies any easy definition.
Sometimes divorce isn’t an earth-shattering loss. Sometimes it’s just two people waking up out of a fog.
And here’s why it worked: man or woman, gay, straight, bisexual, you name it, we all just want to be teased.
Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.
What’s that saying? Behind every gorgeous woman, there’s a man sick of screwing her? Well, it works both ways. No one mentions that part.
What’s the rush, honey? We have all the time in the world.
Fate or not, our lives are still the results of our choices.
From experience, I can tell you that if you go around trying to figure out what’s fair in life or whether you deserve something or not, that’s a rabbit hole that is hard to climb out of.
Sweetheart, I’m telling you, you love someone like that, you love them the right way, and no time would be enough. Doesn’t matter if you had thirty years,” she tells me. “It wouldn’t be enough.
I find myself smiling, finally. I guess I do remember how to do it. You just turn the corners of your mouth up.
I know there may be universes out there where I made different choices and they led me somewhere else, led me to someone else. And my heart breaks for every single version of me that didn’t end up with you.
No matter how strong you are, no matter how smart you are or tough you can be, the world will find a way to break you. And when it does, the only thing you can do is hold on.
My passion is capturing what it feels like to love, be it romantic or otherwise. I love to watch two people realize what they meant for each other – and that goes across all media, books, TV, movies, personal essays; everything.
I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.