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Relationship Quotes


"Some marry because they are in love. Others marry to have sex ... without the guilt."


"A man, who needs you, will not come to visit you in the middle of the night. If he is there, definitely wants to stop you from being helpful."


"Marriage and dating are man-made ideologies; if having a lover was a prerequisite to living, we'd all be born in pairs; as couples."


"Social Media isn't creating the problems in our relationships, it's only exposing the ones that already existed."


"Many a woman would not be in a relationship with or married to her man, if he earned half of what he earns; and many a man would not be in a relationship with or married to his woman, if he earned twice as much as he earns."


"I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want. But I'm also not going to take a vow of chastity and pine away for you, or whatever the hell it is that men do in romance novels these days. I have needs. I'd rather satisfy them with you, but if you don't want me I suppose I'll just have to find someone else. Might take me a while, but I'll make do. I always have before."


"I read things that male relationship experts write about women and I read things that female relationship experts write about men, then I feel a true sadness in my heart. Why can't there be a simple, pure, direct openness? Why can't there be a simple, real, open trust? The truth is that male or female, gay or straight- we are all people- we have all been broken and put back together in so many different ways... it's really just about learning how to recognize the sound of the other one's cracks. And that's what it's really about, just that."


"Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune."



"No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It's how we relate to conflict, as well as to our differing needs and expectations, that makes our relationships sustainable."


"The fact that neither of us made sense was the beauty of it."


"She imagined him leaning against the shuttle, entertaining thoughts of scolding her for dressing like a ragged commoner. Never mind that her present outfit was light years ahead in comfort.(Actually, he's wishing he had been less critical of you earlier. He feels bad that you won't acknowledge his presence, and he blames himself.)(Quit it, Ian. I'm not going to feel sorry for him.)She caught her protector's shrewd grin, highlighted by the fire's glow. (You already do, Queenie.)(This talent of yours is really annoying.)He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "That's not what you thought earlier when you wanted to get ahold of Efren. "One tiny rosebud in a handful of thorns, she retorted."


"And someone he scarcely knew moved towards him and knelt beside him and whispered, 'Sir, was you calling out for me? Sir, I know I know,' and touched him."



"Jake guessed Henry had been pulling shit like this on him so long that Eddie only noticed it when Henry pulled it on someone else " someone like the blonde ticket-seller."


"Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it."


"We all love people in our life. way of expressing it may change but the intensity never fluctuates. there are comparisons and fights in any relation because of the same reason of their existence."


"We don't really have a song or anything." I pondered that for a second. "I guess we've failed as a couple in that regard."She scoffed. "If that's our biggest failing, then I think we're doing okay."


"I'm my beloved's and my beloved is mine."


"Also I could hear Amanda's voice: Why are you being so weak? Love's never a fair trade. So Jimmy's tired of you, so what, there's guys all over the place like germs, and you can pick them like flowers and toss them away when they're wilted. But you have to act like you're having a spectacular time and every day's a party."


"You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found."


"I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire."


"Marriage is a cheerful commitment."


"Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go.""You're not?"Blake stared at her in irritated confusion. What was her game? "Do you think I'm an idiot?" he spat out."No," she said. "I've just escaped from a den of idiots, so I'm well familiar with the breed, and you're something else entirely. I am, however, hoping you're not a terribly good shot."


"In many a case, the phrase 'I'd like to get to know you better' is a euphemism for 'I want us to fuck."


"Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love."


"How we feel with someone-if they improve our mood or cause our heart to sink-can determine the health of the relationship. How do you feel around them? It's a simple measurement tool."


"Should it happen, that your partner leaves you for someone else with more money. To where later you strike it richer than the person they left you for, and the ex finds out, after losing all and regretting. It was a blessing that it ended. Though money wasn't sufficient then, mostly they were rich with your love, now suffering being broke in both."


"And after that, you don't feel the same toward the other person any longer."


"As you can see marriage is about putting away selfishness and taking on the concept of teamwork."


"In marriage, at home and everywhere else, one is to remain superfluous. That is where people go in deep into; that is called the worldly life (sansaar)."


"Relationships don't remain constant, but are in a constant state of evolving, either positively or negatively."


"You know what my mum once said?' said Rosie. 'She said that if a just-married couple put a coin in a jar every time they make love in their first year, and take a coin out for every time that they make love in the years that follow, the jar will never be emptied.'And this means?'Well', she said. 'It's interesting, isn't it?"


"Perhaps trust had to be accompanied by a measure of common sense, and a hefty dose of realism about human nature. But that would need a lot of thinking about, and the tea break did not go on forever."


"No other love no matter how genuine it is, can fulfill one's heart better than unconditional self-love."


"Remember, that username is a real person. Choose to spread the love online."


"When you know how to handle people, handle people well, for you may need people one day! Don't just shun them; don't kill them! Don't curse them; don't harm them! Pray for them, for they are a good part of the story, both for the good and for the bed; get understanding, and disarm the armed who seems to be a threat with wit and wisdom!"


"Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I wantthem to love me. I already love them. Please see what you can do. Thanks very much. Love, Nudge."Okay, so I'm not saying we were pros at this or anything. (Max thoughts)"


"A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension."


"Some men can love forever, some for six years, some for six months, and others for six hours."


"You should never have a relationship based on guilt over someone's poor choices."


"You are my star and you have made me see, he tells her, "and I am the air beneath your wings, never rending, never ending."


"It's as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was really about."



"A few years have gone and come around when we were sittin' at our favorite spot in town and you looked at me, got down on one knee. Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle; the whole town came and our mammas cried. And you said "I do.", and I did, too. Take me home where we met so many years before; we'll rock our babies on the very front porch. After all this time, you and I. And I'll be eighty-seven you'll be eighty-nine, I'll still look at you like the stars that shine. In the sky. Oh, my my my."


"Sometimes the people we love make us hate some other people we love."


"Some couples are married because they fell in love. Some are married because the woman fell pregnant."


"Speak graciously to young men as you would to your brothers."


"Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse."
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