Merle Shain
Merle Shain
Merle Shain was a Canadian author and journalist...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryCanada
dream falling-in-love believe
The dream of romantic love is taken more seriously in North America than it is anywhere else in the world, which is why we believe in fidelity and why we believe in infidelity as well. It is also, of course, what makes our divorce rate as high as it is. Falling in love at first sight and instant gratification are part of the world in which we live, so there are people who believe adamantly in fidelity. They just don't believe in it for long.
love-is long understanding
Love is short, forgetting is long, and understanding longer still.
love doe
It takes a lot of mulch, love does, to create a froth.
love roots water
The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see that they get the water and sun they need so they can nourish us. And when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.
sex deep-love fire
Sex deepens love and love deepens sex, so physical intimacy transforms everything and playing with it is playing with fire.
love fear heart
Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.
inspirational fear unrequited-love
Loving can cost a lot but not loving always cost more.
both friendship gift given giver giving goes work
Friendship is the gift that goes on giving and is a gift to both the person given to and to the giver as well. But to really make it work it isn't enough to give to another person, you have also to let them give to you.
american-musician employ hands hearts hire men work
You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.
american-musician learns
One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.
again husband marry rich sort
If I were to marry again tomorrow, I wouldtn't give up one friend. I'd take them all with me as a sort of dowry and tell my new husband that he was getting a rich wife.
divorce views grandparent
Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other to death, but it won't work any longer because we are living too long and divorce is needed today to do what death acomplished more economically before.
men perfect
Some men are more perfect than others.
journey emotional thinking
Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way or the other. We tend to think of the rational as a higher order, but it is the emotional that marks our lives.