Children who grow up in the company of difficult adults settle on doing one thing extremely well: hoping against hope that these adults will magically change and learn to be kind. 

This kind of 'patience' is then transferred into their adult relationships, with similarly negligible resu...

“Humans exist in complex, interdependent, cross-species assemblages that drives a more subtle kind of monster.” - Roger Luckhurst

Plato says: "True love is admiration." 

• The person you get together with should have very good qualities that you yourself lack.  
• By getting close to this person, you can become a little like they are. 
• The right person for us helps us grow to our full potenti...