Sofi

“Have compassion. Even though Type A’s can be controlling, know they are as tough or tougher with themselves.”
― Melissa Heisler, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop "Doing" Life and Start Living It

“Oxytocin, a hormone and neuropeptide ... plays a major role in attachment processes and serves several purposes: It causes women to go into labor, strengthens attachment, and ... [increases] trust and cooperation. We get a boost of oxytocin in our brain during orgasm and even when we cuddle -- which is why it's been tagged the "cuddle hormone." How is oxytocin related to conflict reduction? Sometimes we spend less quality time with our partner -- especially when other demands on us are pressing. However, neuroscience findings suggest that we should change our priorities. By forgoing closeness with our partners, we are also missing our oxytocin boost -- making us less agreeable to the world around us and more vulnerable to conflict.”
― Amir Levine, Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

“The lost glove is happy.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

“It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you will never live.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk