Emily Bett Rickards Quotes

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

I wouldn't know what to do on a date. I don't have the time. To make a relationship work, I'd have to give something up, and I'm not so sure I'm willing to do that.

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.

The thing about relationships is, the stronger they get, the more rapidly the realm of romance starts to overlap with the domestic.

We need a romantic illusion to embark on relationships in the first place. After that, they survive or fail for other, more practical reasons.

Love is never easy. It never is. And I'm not just talking about girl and guy, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband and wife. I'm talking about family, friends - all of that.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

I always see people tweeting about these crazy amazing things their boyfriend or girlfriend did for them. You shouldn't have to constantly be trying to prove your love when you're in a relationship.

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.

Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole life with that person. Liking somebody is just like, 'Okay, I like them because of this, this and this, but I don't knkow if I am ready to be in love with them'.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.

I kind of came to the conclusion after I did finally get married that love and relationships are just a series of horrific losses with hopefully one win.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

I have no useful theories about love and marriage.