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
If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.
- Gilles Deleuze
Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
- Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor
“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
- William P. Young
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.
- Ravi Zacharias
I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah
My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.
- Jess C Scott
EyeLeash: A Blog Novel
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.
- Wm. Paul Young
The Shack
An unarticulated crush is very different from an unrequited one, because at least with an unrequited crush you know what the hell you're doing, even if the other person isn't doing it back. An unarticulated crush is harder to grapple with, because it's a crush that you haven't even admitted to yourself. The romantic forces are all there -- you want to see him, you always notice him, you treat every word from him as if it weighs more than anyone else's. But you don't know why. You don't know that you're doing it. You'd follow him to the end of the earth without ever admitting that your feet were moving.
- David Levithan
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be.
Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.
- Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
I used to think I knew everything. I was a "smart person" who "got things done," and because of that, the higher I climbed, the more I could look down and scoff at what seemed silly or simple, even religion.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
- Mitch Albom
Have a Little Faith: a True Story
All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.
- Wm. Paul Young
The Shack
Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.
- Doug Fetherling
Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid.
The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame it, stalk it, gossip about it, pray over it, put it down or dissect its motives it continues to rot in your brain. It is dead. It is over. It is gone. It is done. It is time to bury it because it is smelling up your life and no one wants to be near your rotted corpse of memories and decaying attitude. Be the funeral director of your life and bury that thing!
..he may love you, he may miss you, but ultimately he's just not that into you.
- Greg Behrendt
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn’t miss you.
- pleasefindthis
I Wrote This For You
So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
- Ellen Bass
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.
I had a dream about you. You were an escalator, and I was a flight of stairs. You thought I was a Luddite, and I thought I was as ostrich, because I hadn’t figured out how to put the fly in flight. One day you broke down, and then you saw that you and I weren’t so different after all.
- Dora J. Arod
I Had a Dream About You
The desire to love someone always exceeds the desire to be loved by someone & that's exactly why we end up loving the person who doesn't deserve that LOVE.
- Anirban Bose
Bombay Rains, Bombay Girls
I realized I’m in love. It's always been right in front of me.
- Richelle Mead
The Indigo Spell
We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want to be ordinary.
If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.
- Gilles Deleuze
Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
- Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor
“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
- William P. Young
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.
- Ravi Zacharias
I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah
My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.
- Jess C Scott
EyeLeash: A Blog Novel
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.
- Wm. Paul Young
The Shack
An unarticulated crush is very different from an unrequited one, because at least with an unrequited crush you know what the hell you're doing, even if the other person isn't doing it back. An unarticulated crush is harder to grapple with, because it's a crush that you haven't even admitted to yourself. The romantic forces are all there -- you want to see him, you always notice him, you treat every word from him as if it weighs more than anyone else's. But you don't know why. You don't know that you're doing it. You'd follow him to the end of the earth without ever admitting that your feet were moving.
- David Levithan
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be.
Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.
- Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
I used to think I knew everything. I was a "smart person" who "got things done," and because of that, the higher I climbed, the more I could look down and scoff at what seemed silly or simple, even religion.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
- Mitch Albom
Have a Little Faith: a True Story
All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.
- Wm. Paul Young
The Shack
Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.
- Doug Fetherling
Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid.
The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame it, stalk it, gossip about it, pray over it, put it down or dissect its motives it continues to rot in your brain. It is dead. It is over. It is gone. It is done. It is time to bury it because it is smelling up your life and no one wants to be near your rotted corpse of memories and decaying attitude. Be the funeral director of your life and bury that thing!
..he may love you, he may miss you, but ultimately he's just not that into you.
- Greg Behrendt
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn’t miss you.
- pleasefindthis
I Wrote This For You
So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
- Ellen Bass
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.
I had a dream about you. You were an escalator, and I was a flight of stairs. You thought I was a Luddite, and I thought I was as ostrich, because I hadn’t figured out how to put the fly in flight. One day you broke down, and then you saw that you and I weren’t so different after all.
- Dora J. Arod
I Had a Dream About You
The desire to love someone always exceeds the desire to be loved by someone & that's exactly why we end up loving the person who doesn't deserve that LOVE.
- Anirban Bose
Bombay Rains, Bombay Girls
I realized I’m in love. It's always been right in front of me.
- Richelle Mead
The Indigo Spell
We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want to be ordinary.
If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.
- Gilles Deleuze
Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.
- Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor
“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
- William P. Young
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.
- Ravi Zacharias
I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah
My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.
- Jess C Scott
EyeLeash: A Blog Novel
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.
- Wm. Paul Young
The Shack
An unarticulated crush is very different from an unrequited one, because at least with an unrequited crush you know what the hell you're doing, even if the other person isn't doing it back. An unarticulated crush is harder to grapple with, because it's a crush that you haven't even admitted to yourself. The romantic forces are all there -- you want to see him, you always notice him, you treat every word from him as if it weighs more than anyone else's. But you don't know why. You don't know that you're doing it. You'd follow him to the end of the earth without ever admitting that your feet were moving.
- David Levithan
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be.
Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.
- Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
I used to think I knew everything. I was a "smart person" who "got things done," and because of that, the higher I climbed, the more I could look down and scoff at what seemed silly or simple, even religion.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
- Mitch Albom
Have a Little Faith: a True Story
All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.
- Wm. Paul Young
The Shack
Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.
- Doug Fetherling
Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid.
The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame it, stalk it, gossip about it, pray over it, put it down or dissect its motives it continues to rot in your brain. It is dead. It is over. It is gone. It is done. It is time to bury it because it is smelling up your life and no one wants to be near your rotted corpse of memories and decaying attitude. Be the funeral director of your life and bury that thing!
..he may love you, he may miss you, but ultimately he's just not that into you.
- Greg Behrendt
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn’t miss you.
- pleasefindthis
I Wrote This For You
So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
- Ellen Bass
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.
I had a dream about you. You were an escalator, and I was a flight of stairs. You thought I was a Luddite, and I thought I was as ostrich, because I hadn’t figured out how to put the fly in flight. One day you broke down, and then you saw that you and I weren’t so different after all.
- Dora J. Arod
I Had a Dream About You
The desire to love someone always exceeds the desire to be loved by someone & that's exactly why we end up loving the person who doesn't deserve that LOVE.
- Anirban Bose
Bombay Rains, Bombay Girls
I realized I’m in love. It's always been right in front of me.
- Richelle Mead
The Indigo Spell
We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want to be ordinary.