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Relationship Quotes



"We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others."


"Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture."


"The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it."


"Was it just her, or did lovers look more adoringly at each other in this city? Especially in the springtime.'Die, bastards.'She sighed. It wasn't their fault that they were bastards who should die."



"I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other."


"Save me, I need you, life is sad without you."


"Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe."


"Trying to change someone to suit your desires is a setup for disappointment."


"For a permanent solution to easing tension and soothe the rough waters of the world that cause people to go to drugs, drinking, gambling, pornography, overeating, or anything that will give them some temporary relief, you can't beat the support and encouragement of a friend."



"There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will turn on the first true friend you make."


"It is not your love that sustains the marriage,but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love."


"A wife's loyalty is tested when her husband has nothing. A husband's loyalty is tested when he has everything."



"Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms."



"Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don't let them take that from you."


"It's okay if you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I've ever wanted anything in my life. But that's what I want and I could see why it might not be what you want. So I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It's okay if you have to leave us. It's okay if you want to stop fighting."



"I am yours.Don't give myself back to me."


"Great relationships do not depend on who you find, they depend on who you are."


"As dogs return to their vomit, some men return to their wives."


"The problem with being a liar is you can never believe anyone else."


"I see how he feels about his world and I want to be one of the parts he prizes. I want to be worth fighting for. Worth the same kind of effort he puts into the things that matter to him. Like Dani.'I don't tell her no human matters to the boss like Dani."


"A genuine love gives it all, it protects and no strings attached. Love someone today."



"Applying parents values back to them allot of the time is like trying to pay back a guy who is a counterfeiter with his own counterfeit bills. "No, your supposed to think this is real money. I know it's not. I'm only pretending this is real money to get away with something. I don't actually want to receive it because I know it's fake money."


"His love for me seemed to overflow my limits by its flood of wealth and service. But my necessity was more for giving than foe receiving; for love is a vagabond, who can make his flowers bloom in the wayside dust, better than in the crystal jars kept in the drawing-room."


"Strong relationships come from well-bonded friendships."


"Here's the thing- I love you and I love her, but I swear to God I'll kick your ass if you hurt her."


"Relationships are nine parts intuition, one part madness."


"I love you because you have this fire in you that you don't even recognise, but I do. You're strong and you're a survivor."


"Eventually I'll stop writing about you and it'll be bittersweet. Not because I'm not in love with you, but because I'll just love you."


"Things we had, like respect and trust, but also freely expressed desires and accountability to whatever degree it took to make both people happy. It took work, a willingness to fight passionately and fairly--out of bed, not just in it--commitment and honesty. It took waking up and saying each day, 'I hold this man sacred and always will. He's my sun, moon, and stars.' It took letting the other person in; a thing I'd stopped doing. It took being unafraid to ask for what you wanted, to put yourself on the line, to risk it all for love."


"The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did."


"In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict."


"But, chiquita, you must understand that while you are here, I expect you to come to me and share your fears. Even if I am the one causing them."


"Stay safe. I want to see you again when all this is done."


"The Ones You Forgot To Grab Their Contact Info , Were the Worthy Ones of your time and life."


"If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain."


"Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C."


"You're very lovely, gatita."Her brows pulled together, and she gave him a skeptical stare."Do not look at your master as if he's an idiot."


"I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe."


"A relationship has to be nourished with passion, and built upon the foundation of trust, to be one that last a lifetime."


"For some women, they need a man. For others, men need them."



"I wanted us to share all our lives. You wish to keep me in a box, separate from your life. I cannot be someone you come to when you have nothing more important to do."



"If all of her was not enough for him, then let him have none of her and seek what he needed elsewhere."



"The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world."


"Turbulence during a relationship does not mean its core, foundation and essence changes. Couples will run into obstacles. The challenge may knock the wind out of them, but it does not have to cripple their resolve. Both people must trust that on the other side of crisis still exist the qualities you appreciate."



"I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn't sad because at least now, Brad doesn't have to get drunk or stoned to make love."


"I want to hold you like a kitten in my shirt, and still I want to spread your thighs and plow ye like a rotting bull. I dinna understand myself."


"Everyone thinks his family is strange," Del said, scratching Scootie behind the ears, "but it's just that... because we're closer to the people we love, we tend to see them through a magnifying glass, through a thicker lens of emotion, and we exaggerate their eccentricities."


"Why shan't I cheat when every girl has a different taste?"


"I'll never know if it was figuratively or literally when he said I drove him crazy."
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