It's easier to just be single and not have a relationship.

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The best the world has to offer comes from the best you have to give to others. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Stars are born out of dark moments. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance. — Alan Watts

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Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the same rise, right above the water? Everything was the same. The blue-and-white waves ran up the yellow shore holding hands. The sun was setting behind the mountains, and at the far end of the lake the water was tinged with pink. The swans wheeled over the water with excited, exultant cries. They soared up and dropped down on outspread wings that seemed to hum. They whipped up the water and started wide, foaming circles. Everything was the same, only there was no Asel with me. Where are you, my slender poplar in a red kerchief, where are you now?

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Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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You don't throw a compass overboard because the ocean is calm. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

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Nothing is easier than fault finding.

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Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people. ― Roy T. Bennett

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