QUOTES ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
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. Select Another Topic
Some relationships bring peace. Others bring daily fights.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Some relationships don’t end, they just stop feeling like they used to.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Somewhere, buried under the trauma and grief, I must have known—the problem wasn't that Ian didn't love me. The problem was the lens through which I viewed love.
- Megan Farison
Dissonance
Maturity is being open-minded of a person's relationships.
- Lorelei Balansa
We have suffered from a kind of disease: one of detachment, of being unable to connect ourselves to things, events, feelings. Most people define themselves by their work, or where they come from, or suchlike; we have lived too far inside our heads. It makes actuality damn hard to handle.
- Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses
...since her father's death, the lazy-eyed neighborhood hermit shoveled their driveway on a whim and as a courtesy.
That fancy snowblower would hurt his feelings....
That fancy snowblower would hurt his feelings....
- Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
My anger drained away. He was not my adversary. His road would be hard enough without the hurt we might do each other.
- Madeline Miller
Circe
We cannot convince anyone to love us. And the worst thing is, the more we try to win them, the more we lose ourselves.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Sometimes, you have to realize that what isn't meant for you will never stay in your life, regardless of convincing, begging, or ultimatums.
Then why beg, why chase, why convince them to pick you, choose you, love you? You are better than this. Let them go!
Then why beg, why chase, why convince them to pick you, choose you, love you? You are better than this. Let them go!
- Vishakha Jain
Sometimes..: 101 Days of Healing Through Words
He turned to the homicide detectives and thrust out his arms for arrest....
"Such drama," Detective Ramirez said. "Kindly drop your arms, Mr. Harper. And move your legs toward the police vehicle.
"Such drama," Detective Ramirez said. "Kindly drop your arms, Mr. Harper. And move your legs toward the police vehicle.
- Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
Trusting people isn’t just about letting them see what’s inside you, ometimes you have to trust that they can show you a different view of the world than the one you thought to be true. A different view of love and friendship and life
- Karla Sorensen
Forever Starts Tonight
I had shut him out, ignored him, tried to pretend he was something other than what he was, and in doing so I had betrayed him. Because Borne knew what he was.
- Jeff VanderMeer
Borne
Son,
Do not lie to her or cheat on her. Do not manipulate her or abuse her. Do not take her for granted or neglect her. Be a good friend and a reliable partner to her.
Do not lie to her or cheat on her. Do not manipulate her or abuse her. Do not take her for granted or neglect her. Be a good friend and a reliable partner to her.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
Fill your heart with God's Word and follow His instructions on how to treat a woman so that you do not subject her to ill treatment.
Fill your heart with God's Word and follow His instructions on how to treat a woman so that you do not subject her to ill treatment.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
It is one thing to be charming and flattering, but another to be loyal in your relationship.
It is one thing to be charming and flattering, but another to be loyal in your relationship.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
Never miss out on true love because of fake love. Choose someone you love and whose love is good for your heart.
Never miss out on true love because of fake love. Choose someone you love and whose love is good for your heart.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.
- Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss
“I suffer from girlnextdooritis where the guy is friends with you and that's it.”
Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?
- Mary Manin Morrissey
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
- John Joseph Powell
The Secret of Staying in Love
Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
- Brian Weiss
Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
“He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog."
"I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
"I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
- James Patterson
Max
Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.
- David Foster Wallace
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
“You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.”
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Some relationships bring peace. Others bring daily fights.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Some relationships don’t end, they just stop feeling like they used to.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Somewhere, buried under the trauma and grief, I must have known—the problem wasn't that Ian didn't love me. The problem was the lens through which I viewed love.
- Megan Farison
Dissonance
Maturity is being open-minded of a person's relationships.
- Lorelei Balansa
We have suffered from a kind of disease: one of detachment, of being unable to connect ourselves to things, events, feelings. Most people define themselves by their work, or where they come from, or suchlike; we have lived too far inside our heads. It makes actuality damn hard to handle.
- Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses
...since her father's death, the lazy-eyed neighborhood hermit shoveled their driveway on a whim and as a courtesy.
That fancy snowblower would hurt his feelings....
That fancy snowblower would hurt his feelings....
- Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
My anger drained away. He was not my adversary. His road would be hard enough without the hurt we might do each other.
- Madeline Miller
Circe
We cannot convince anyone to love us. And the worst thing is, the more we try to win them, the more we lose ourselves.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Sometimes, you have to realize that what isn't meant for you will never stay in your life, regardless of convincing, begging, or ultimatums.
Then why beg, why chase, why convince them to pick you, choose you, love you? You are better than this. Let them go!
Then why beg, why chase, why convince them to pick you, choose you, love you? You are better than this. Let them go!
- Vishakha Jain
Sometimes..: 101 Days of Healing Through Words
He turned to the homicide detectives and thrust out his arms for arrest....
"Such drama," Detective Ramirez said. "Kindly drop your arms, Mr. Harper. And move your legs toward the police vehicle.
"Such drama," Detective Ramirez said. "Kindly drop your arms, Mr. Harper. And move your legs toward the police vehicle.
- Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
Trusting people isn’t just about letting them see what’s inside you, ometimes you have to trust that they can show you a different view of the world than the one you thought to be true. A different view of love and friendship and life
- Karla Sorensen
Forever Starts Tonight
I had shut him out, ignored him, tried to pretend he was something other than what he was, and in doing so I had betrayed him. Because Borne knew what he was.
- Jeff VanderMeer
Borne
Son,
Do not lie to her or cheat on her. Do not manipulate her or abuse her. Do not take her for granted or neglect her. Be a good friend and a reliable partner to her.
Do not lie to her or cheat on her. Do not manipulate her or abuse her. Do not take her for granted or neglect her. Be a good friend and a reliable partner to her.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
Fill your heart with God's Word and follow His instructions on how to treat a woman so that you do not subject her to ill treatment.
Fill your heart with God's Word and follow His instructions on how to treat a woman so that you do not subject her to ill treatment.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
It is one thing to be charming and flattering, but another to be loyal in your relationship.
It is one thing to be charming and flattering, but another to be loyal in your relationship.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
Never miss out on true love because of fake love. Choose someone you love and whose love is good for your heart.
Never miss out on true love because of fake love. Choose someone you love and whose love is good for your heart.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.
- Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss
“I suffer from girlnextdooritis where the guy is friends with you and that's it.”
Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?
- Mary Manin Morrissey
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
- John Joseph Powell
The Secret of Staying in Love
Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
- Brian Weiss
Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
“He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog."
"I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
"I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
- James Patterson
Max
Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.
- David Foster Wallace
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
“You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.”
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Some relationships bring peace. Others bring daily fights.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Some relationships don’t end, they just stop feeling like they used to.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Somewhere, buried under the trauma and grief, I must have known—the problem wasn't that Ian didn't love me. The problem was the lens through which I viewed love.
- Megan Farison
Dissonance
Maturity is being open-minded of a person's relationships.
- Lorelei Balansa
We have suffered from a kind of disease: one of detachment, of being unable to connect ourselves to things, events, feelings. Most people define themselves by their work, or where they come from, or suchlike; we have lived too far inside our heads. It makes actuality damn hard to handle.
- Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses
...since her father's death, the lazy-eyed neighborhood hermit shoveled their driveway on a whim and as a courtesy.
That fancy snowblower would hurt his feelings....
That fancy snowblower would hurt his feelings....
- Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
My anger drained away. He was not my adversary. His road would be hard enough without the hurt we might do each other.
- Madeline Miller
Circe
We cannot convince anyone to love us. And the worst thing is, the more we try to win them, the more we lose ourselves.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Sometimes, you have to realize that what isn't meant for you will never stay in your life, regardless of convincing, begging, or ultimatums.
Then why beg, why chase, why convince them to pick you, choose you, love you? You are better than this. Let them go!
Then why beg, why chase, why convince them to pick you, choose you, love you? You are better than this. Let them go!
- Vishakha Jain
Sometimes..: 101 Days of Healing Through Words
He turned to the homicide detectives and thrust out his arms for arrest....
"Such drama," Detective Ramirez said. "Kindly drop your arms, Mr. Harper. And move your legs toward the police vehicle.
"Such drama," Detective Ramirez said. "Kindly drop your arms, Mr. Harper. And move your legs toward the police vehicle.
- Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
Trusting people isn’t just about letting them see what’s inside you, ometimes you have to trust that they can show you a different view of the world than the one you thought to be true. A different view of love and friendship and life
- Karla Sorensen
Forever Starts Tonight
I had shut him out, ignored him, tried to pretend he was something other than what he was, and in doing so I had betrayed him. Because Borne knew what he was.
- Jeff VanderMeer
Borne
Son,
Do not lie to her or cheat on her. Do not manipulate her or abuse her. Do not take her for granted or neglect her. Be a good friend and a reliable partner to her.
Do not lie to her or cheat on her. Do not manipulate her or abuse her. Do not take her for granted or neglect her. Be a good friend and a reliable partner to her.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
Fill your heart with God's Word and follow His instructions on how to treat a woman so that you do not subject her to ill treatment.
Fill your heart with God's Word and follow His instructions on how to treat a woman so that you do not subject her to ill treatment.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
It is one thing to be charming and flattering, but another to be loyal in your relationship.
It is one thing to be charming and flattering, but another to be loyal in your relationship.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
Son,
Never miss out on true love because of fake love. Choose someone you love and whose love is good for your heart.
Never miss out on true love because of fake love. Choose someone you love and whose love is good for your heart.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.
- Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss
“I suffer from girlnextdooritis where the guy is friends with you and that's it.”
Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?
- Mary Manin Morrissey
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
- John Joseph Powell
The Secret of Staying in Love
Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
- Brian Weiss
Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
“He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog."
"I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
"I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You could in New Hampshire."
My mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else! Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
- James Patterson
Max
Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.
- David Foster Wallace
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
“You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.”
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray