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Relationship Quotes
"New friends can often have a better time together than old friends."
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"Tis enough - Who listens once will listen twice Her heart be sure is not of ice And one refusal no rebuff."
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"Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit."
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"Surround yourself with beautiful and positive people, who love you and believe in you."
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"Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your brother and teacher, as you said at Lorton. It is less wrong that you should see me than that you should be committing this long suicide."
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"The wolf demands her mate. But the woman loathes the man."
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"The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving."
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"She made a sound of regret. 'We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,' she said. 'Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.'She placed her head back against his chest and he felt her tears. 'This is not our time.''But that will never mean I love you less,' he said."
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"I had several girlfriends, but nothing lasted. I'd date one for a few months, and then start thinking: This isn't what I want."
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"You are my home; it is in your loving gaze that I find the comfort, acceptance, and the sense of belonging."
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"The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways"and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection."
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"Sometimes, you can be more than enough for someone, but they choose not to be in your life. Always remember that Satan works hard to keep people miserable by feeding their fears, so they stay in their comfort zone. The truth is some people value what is predictable, more than chemistry."
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"People love the facade of a perfection relationship because perfection seems alluring. What they don't realize is perfection is terrifying."
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"An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry."
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"Two married partners do not just live with each other, they live in each other, neurologically speaking."
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"Through the twist and turns of life, I find myself so grateful for my friends. Even though sometimes the days can seem so dark, and my heart can feel so hurt, I am never alone; my friends are beside me."
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"The Buddha referred to married people as "householders. He even gave clear instructions as to how one should be a good householder: Be nice to your spouse, be honest, be faithful, give alms to the poor, buy some insurance against fire and flood . . . I'm dead serious: The Buddha literally advised married couples to buy property insurance."
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"I would prefer as a friend a good man who is ignorant than one more clever who is evil too."
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"A hedge between keeps friendships green."
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"If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving."
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"Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble."
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"Where loyalty bound creatures together, they became something larger, something new and whole and inexplicable."
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"We weren't allies, but not being enemies was close enough for me."
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"For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures."
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"Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?"
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"The sexual act without love never bridges the gap between two human beings, except momentarily."
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"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."
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"I know, I know. I rescued him and he's bonded to me like a baby duck."
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"It will be impossible to catch all the rats, my love, he says. His hand brushes against mine. "Sooner or later, one will squeeze through the cracks. You need to be more careful."
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"There are many lovely women but no perfect ones."
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"It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they mean to you."
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"At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?""No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, "Oh, my God!"
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"People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was."
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"We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. Lovelessness torments."
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"Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to."
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"I wanted Kat out. Every cell of my being demanded that I protect her, even though I knew she was hella capable of doing so herself, but I wanted her far away from here. Hell, I'd keep her in Bubble Wrap if it weren't so damn creepy and also inconvenient, considering I had a terrible habit of obsessively popping the damn things until not a single bubble was left."
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"You do trust him, though, Giddon?""Holt, who is stealing your sculptures and is of questionable mental health?""Yes.""I trusted him five minutes ago. Now I'm at a bit of a loss.""Your opinion five minutes ago is good enough for me."
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"We had more fun waiting in line together at the Department of Motor Vehicles than most couples have on their honeymoons. We gave each other same nickname, so there would be no separation between us. We made goals, vows, promises and dinner together. He read books to me..."
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"A relationship, of any kind, requires two. Some people want it all and expect it all, always looking outward, so often saying what they deserve, even more saying what they want, and all thinking another should provide it for them, but do they ever bother to be the person they think someone else would love to have? Perhaps, in order to get that better love, extend it first."
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"Let there be spaces in your togetherness."
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"I was asked by a concerned church-goer: "Is your relationship with God okay?" and I answered "My relationship with God is far better than yours. You have to be in a certain place, with a certain group of people, pray at certain days of the week, read the Bible at certain times of the day; all in order to have a relationship with God. But I am with God from the moment I wake up, to the moment I fall asleep at night, I am with God wherever on this earth that I wander to, and whosoever I may be with! I may be sitting on the subway, and I am with God. I can assure you that I am closer to God than you are."
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"People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort."
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"With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable."
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"Don't be afraid of marrying the right person even if they come from the wrong background."
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"Love people, not places. Places don't miss you when you're gone."
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"We don't get to choose if we get hurt in this world, old man, but we do have a say in who hurts us. I know I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.I do, Augustus. I do."
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"There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and listened to the small internal noises that went on behind the light blue cloth: his watch ticking, the faint crackle of his starched shirt, the soft sound of his breathing.'Your stomach's growling,' I said.'I know it,' he said."
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"Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain."
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"It was quite a beautiful thing, the way we simply just came to be, with no effort or trying and slowly we found each other's hands in the dark. No chains or promises, just a simple sign of hope that things will go on and get better and that things and people and views are still out there, yet to be found."
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