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Quotes about relationships capture the complexity of connection, love, and understanding between people. They reflect both the beauty and the challenges that come with sharing our lives with others. The following collection offers insights that may resonate, comfort, or inspire reflection on the bonds we form.   ◀ Back
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Deep down under where his heart resided, strangled up in thorny vines of guilt, anger, fear and longing, there lay something deeper in him, something that he couldn’t see but she could.
- Carol Oates
Ember
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You do not get what you wish for, unless it be known to the source of your desire.
- T.F. Hodge
From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
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Accept that what you see is what you'll get. Once your relationship becomes firmly established, your partner's personality and the way in which [he or] she treats you will most likely be what your future together will look like. Staying with a partner whom you hope will change usually results in disappointment.
- Mary C. Lamia
The White Knight Syndrome: Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
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I envisioned it all:
how we would grow together,
how we’d mend every rift with tenderness,
how each of us would be the guardian of the other's heart,
how we'd chase our dreams side by side,
how we'd weather every storm that tried to shake our peace,
how... and how... and how...

I envisioned everything—
everything but the ending.

I forgot you were quietly sketching a different journey...
one that didn’t include me.
- Khaled Ibrahim
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There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.
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No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.
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So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.
- Margaret George
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Nobody is so busy that they can't make time for the people they really care about.
- Leila Sales
Past Perfect
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They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.
- Lorrie Moore
Anagrams
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You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince: Library Edition
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Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.

- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
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To be deeply loved, means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, exposing your vulnerabilities... hopes, hurts, fears and flaws. Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. There is nothing more terrifying or fulfilling, than complete love, it's worth the risk... reach for it.
- Jaeda DeWalt
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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
- Elizabeth Gilbert
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
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Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
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If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay with you, that's all he'll ever want. Be straight with him from the start. If he gets scared and runs away, he wasn't right for you.
- Susane Colasanti
Waiting for You
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I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential compared to how I feel. Even if I am distant at times and seem as if I do not want to be with you, it is only because this scares me, too.
- Aimee Carter
The Goddess Test
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We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
- Cornel West
Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
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That's the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between two people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people's.
- Fredrik Backman
Anxious People
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Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Teachings on Love
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I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
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It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.
- John Grogan
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
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You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you'll still feel them, embossed on you, when you pull away.
Every time Eleanor pulled away from Park, she felt the gasping loss of him.
- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
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Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle.
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Deep down under where his heart resided, strangled up in thorny vines of guilt, anger, fear and longing, there lay something deeper in him, something that he couldn’t see but she could.
- Carol Oates
Ember
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You do not get what you wish for, unless it be known to the source of your desire.
- T.F. Hodge
From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Accept that what you see is what you'll get. Once your relationship becomes firmly established, your partner's personality and the way in which [he or] she treats you will most likely be what your future together will look like. Staying with a partner whom you hope will change usually results in disappointment.
- Mary C. Lamia
The White Knight Syndrome: Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I envisioned it all:
how we would grow together,
how we’d mend every rift with tenderness,
how each of us would be the guardian of the other's heart,
how we'd chase our dreams side by side,
how we'd weather every storm that tried to shake our peace,
how... and how... and how...

I envisioned everything—
everything but the ending.

I forgot you were quietly sketching a different journey...
one that didn’t include me.
- Khaled Ibrahim
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.
- Margaret George
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Nobody is so busy that they can't make time for the people they really care about.
- Leila Sales
Past Perfect
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They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.
- Lorrie Moore
Anagrams
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You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince: Library Edition
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Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.

- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be deeply loved, means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, exposing your vulnerabilities... hopes, hurts, fears and flaws. Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. There is nothing more terrifying or fulfilling, than complete love, it's worth the risk... reach for it.
- Jaeda DeWalt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
- Elizabeth Gilbert
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay with you, that's all he'll ever want. Be straight with him from the start. If he gets scared and runs away, he wasn't right for you.
- Susane Colasanti
Waiting for You
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential compared to how I feel. Even if I am distant at times and seem as if I do not want to be with you, it is only because this scares me, too.
- Aimee Carter
The Goddess Test
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We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
- Cornel West
Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
That's the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between two people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people's.
- Fredrik Backman
Anxious People
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Teachings on Love
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.
- John Grogan
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you'll still feel them, embossed on you, when you pull away.
Every time Eleanor pulled away from Park, she felt the gasping loss of him.
- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Deep down under where his heart resided, strangled up in thorny vines of guilt, anger, fear and longing, there lay something deeper in him, something that he couldn’t see but she could.
- Carol Oates
Ember
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You do not get what you wish for, unless it be known to the source of your desire.
- T.F. Hodge
From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Accept that what you see is what you'll get. Once your relationship becomes firmly established, your partner's personality and the way in which [he or] she treats you will most likely be what your future together will look like. Staying with a partner whom you hope will change usually results in disappointment.
- Mary C. Lamia
The White Knight Syndrome: Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I envisioned it all:
how we would grow together,
how we’d mend every rift with tenderness,
how each of us would be the guardian of the other's heart,
how we'd chase our dreams side by side,
how we'd weather every storm that tried to shake our peace,
how... and how... and how...

I envisioned everything—
everything but the ending.

I forgot you were quietly sketching a different journey...
one that didn’t include me.
- Khaled Ibrahim
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.
- Margaret George
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody is so busy that they can't make time for the people they really care about.
- Leila Sales
Past Perfect
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.
- Lorrie Moore
Anagrams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince: Library Edition
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.

- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be deeply loved, means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, exposing your vulnerabilities... hopes, hurts, fears and flaws. Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy of love. There is nothing more terrifying or fulfilling, than complete love, it's worth the risk... reach for it.
- Jaeda DeWalt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
- Elizabeth Gilbert
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay with you, that's all he'll ever want. Be straight with him from the start. If he gets scared and runs away, he wasn't right for you.
- Susane Colasanti
Waiting for You
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential compared to how I feel. Even if I am distant at times and seem as if I do not want to be with you, it is only because this scares me, too.
- Aimee Carter
The Goddess Test
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
- Cornel West
Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
That's the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between two people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people's.
- Fredrik Backman
Anxious People
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Teachings on Love
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.
- John Grogan
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you'll still feel them, embossed on you, when you pull away.
Every time Eleanor pulled away from Park, she felt the gasping loss of him.
- Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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