sagetotemchronicles asked:

What are your feelings and opinions towards the attitude of romanticizing relationships, as in, but not limited to, relationships between those who attempt to love each other, relationships that intend for love to happen, and relationships who create love? Anecdotes are welcome.

“Probably in their marriage she had been too dreamy and inconsistent. For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick to one or the other. It was the switching back and forth that endangered things.” —Lorrie Moore, “Like Life”