Iphios

“Self-rejection is simply seen as the neurotic expression of an insecure person. But neurosis is often the psychic manifestation of a much deeper human darkness: the darkness of not feeling truly welcome in human existence. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voics that calls us the "Beloved.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen

“A marriage doesn't begin with a proposal, or even an initial meeting. It begins far earlier, when the idea of love is born, and more specifically the dream of a soul mate.”
― Alain de Botton, The Course of Love

“I don't know what the exact shape of my life will take--and what the days to come will bring--except i know that i am happy and my heart is still. I know that I have fallen in love with the word surrender and know that I can no longer live in disappointment”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“To love is to recognize ; to be loved is to be recognized by the other”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart