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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. Select Another Topic
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Don’t decode the disguise—just accept the exposure.
If you enter into a dating relationship with someone without any intention of marrying them, then it is better to just be in friendship with them
- John Arthur
Dating and Friendship: A New Model For A Lasting Love Relationship
Generally, the silence offered by others says everything we refuse to hear.
The crisis enters the political scene like the glove that fits on a mime's hand, who, without color and without sound, creates drama and laughter at a traffic light.
In appearance, they are nearly identical....They could also lead him anywhere. To more forked roads; to dead ends; to Greta. If New York is a grid, Paris is a handful of spaghetti, dropped on the floor by a toddler.
- Grant Ginder
Let's Not Do That Again
We did our best to get along with the folks in the Middle East, but it just didn’t work out, and all I can say now is: fuck ’em. And God bless America.
- Etgar Keret
If truth ruined a relationship… maybe it was built on lies.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
He was a gemstone in the rough. not stunning at first glance, but with a great deal of worth beneath the surface. Sim was tender, kind, and attentive as any woman could care for. He made Fela deliriously happy. Sim was a prince.
By contrast, what did I have to offer? Nothing really. Less now. I was more like a curious stone that is picked up, carried a while, and finally dropped again with the realization that for all its interesting look, it is nothing more then hardened earth.
- Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear
Know who your people are, and choose to tolerate them instead of tolerating everyone.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Women's obsession with work and independence and so on is the source of their dissatisfaction. When women surpass men, their chance for romance slips away from them.
- Asako Yuzuki
Butter
That was how I came to realise: for all their knowledge of literature and the arts, my parents weren't in the habit of thinking deeply about anything. They were, in fact, profoundly superficial people who were happy if they could spend their days enjoying themselves, surrounded by things they liked and which were pleasing on the eye.
- Asako Yuzuki
Butter
I pull on my winter hat before returning to the zipper, feeling like I'm in grade one -- I regularly needed my teacher to help with my coat then -- and almost punch my fist in the air when I finally get it. Success!
- Jackie Lau
Time Loops & Meet Cutes
I wasn't necessarily proud of my work as a waitress, but I did feel a sense of honor in it. I loved the camaraderie, the shared disdain for the customer...
- Michelle Zauner
Crying in H Mart
The university actually had to institute a curfew prohibiting students from studying after 9:30 p.m. because they were beginning to develop very unhealthy sleep habits. When even that did not discourage them from studying in secret, the school simply cut all electrical power to all the classrooms when the clock struck half past nine.
- Simu Liu
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Gloria's office...was sleek and cold an gray. Just like Gloria's suit -- or, I thought privately, like Gloria's heart. Meticulous as a shark in pursuit of what she wanted. heedless of the damage done to anyone else.
- Olivia Waite
Murder by Memory
One-sided love looks pure, but feels painful.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Ignoring your emotions doesn’t solve anything. But it does give pain more space to grow.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Daredevil Milla, super focused and super fit. Just as alone in the world as I am right now, but not nearly as bothered by it.
I turn to Odette. "I saw you land some huge nine hundreds today."

Odette waves her fingers. "Not huge. I saw you grabbing your seven twenties."

"I screwed up most of them." We're doing that thing women do. Putting ourselves down.
We are so invested in the fairy tale that disrespect feels like nothing more than a plot twist.
- Heather Babcock
You think I slept with women at Trinity ....You don't use the lavatory where your kid lives."

And with this one statement, Mom and I understood that Dad had cheated, though the locality was in question.
- Regina Porter
The Travelers
Loving words are seeds planted in the heart, growing gardens of trust and tenderness.
- Ayoub Imilouane
Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
People walk away when you need them, leaving you with nothing but the silence of their absence.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
You stop giving people what they want from you, and they immediately stop loving you.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Don’t decode the disguise—just accept the exposure.
If you enter into a dating relationship with someone without any intention of marrying them, then it is better to just be in friendship with them
- John Arthur
Dating and Friendship: A New Model For A Lasting Love Relationship
Generally, the silence offered by others says everything we refuse to hear.
The crisis enters the political scene like the glove that fits on a mime's hand, who, without color and without sound, creates drama and laughter at a traffic light.
In appearance, they are nearly identical....They could also lead him anywhere. To more forked roads; to dead ends; to Greta. If New York is a grid, Paris is a handful of spaghetti, dropped on the floor by a toddler.
- Grant Ginder
Let's Not Do That Again
We did our best to get along with the folks in the Middle East, but it just didn’t work out, and all I can say now is: fuck ’em. And God bless America.
- Etgar Keret
If truth ruined a relationship… maybe it was built on lies.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
He was a gemstone in the rough. not stunning at first glance, but with a great deal of worth beneath the surface. Sim was tender, kind, and attentive as any woman could care for. He made Fela deliriously happy. Sim was a prince.
By contrast, what did I have to offer? Nothing really. Less now. I was more like a curious stone that is picked up, carried a while, and finally dropped again with the realization that for all its interesting look, it is nothing more then hardened earth.
- Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear
Know who your people are, and choose to tolerate them instead of tolerating everyone.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Women's obsession with work and independence and so on is the source of their dissatisfaction. When women surpass men, their chance for romance slips away from them.
- Asako Yuzuki
Butter
That was how I came to realise: for all their knowledge of literature and the arts, my parents weren't in the habit of thinking deeply about anything. They were, in fact, profoundly superficial people who were happy if they could spend their days enjoying themselves, surrounded by things they liked and which were pleasing on the eye.
- Asako Yuzuki
Butter
I pull on my winter hat before returning to the zipper, feeling like I'm in grade one -- I regularly needed my teacher to help with my coat then -- and almost punch my fist in the air when I finally get it. Success!
- Jackie Lau
Time Loops & Meet Cutes
I wasn't necessarily proud of my work as a waitress, but I did feel a sense of honor in it. I loved the camaraderie, the shared disdain for the customer...
- Michelle Zauner
Crying in H Mart
The university actually had to institute a curfew prohibiting students from studying after 9:30 p.m. because they were beginning to develop very unhealthy sleep habits. When even that did not discourage them from studying in secret, the school simply cut all electrical power to all the classrooms when the clock struck half past nine.
- Simu Liu
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Gloria's office...was sleek and cold an gray. Just like Gloria's suit -- or, I thought privately, like Gloria's heart. Meticulous as a shark in pursuit of what she wanted. heedless of the damage done to anyone else.
- Olivia Waite
Murder by Memory
One-sided love looks pure, but feels painful.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Ignoring your emotions doesn’t solve anything. But it does give pain more space to grow.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Daredevil Milla, super focused and super fit. Just as alone in the world as I am right now, but not nearly as bothered by it.
I turn to Odette. "I saw you land some huge nine hundreds today."

Odette waves her fingers. "Not huge. I saw you grabbing your seven twenties."

"I screwed up most of them." We're doing that thing women do. Putting ourselves down.
We are so invested in the fairy tale that disrespect feels like nothing more than a plot twist.
- Heather Babcock
You think I slept with women at Trinity ....You don't use the lavatory where your kid lives."

And with this one statement, Mom and I understood that Dad had cheated, though the locality was in question.
- Regina Porter
The Travelers
Loving words are seeds planted in the heart, growing gardens of trust and tenderness.
- Ayoub Imilouane
Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
People walk away when you need them, leaving you with nothing but the silence of their absence.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
You stop giving people what they want from you, and they immediately stop loving you.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Don’t decode the disguise—just accept the exposure.
If you enter into a dating relationship with someone without any intention of marrying them, then it is better to just be in friendship with them
- John Arthur
Dating and Friendship: A New Model For A Lasting Love Relationship
Generally, the silence offered by others says everything we refuse to hear.
The crisis enters the political scene like the glove that fits on a mime's hand, who, without color and without sound, creates drama and laughter at a traffic light.
In appearance, they are nearly identical....They could also lead him anywhere. To more forked roads; to dead ends; to Greta. If New York is a grid, Paris is a handful of spaghetti, dropped on the floor by a toddler.
- Grant Ginder
Let's Not Do That Again
We did our best to get along with the folks in the Middle East, but it just didn’t work out, and all I can say now is: fuck ’em. And God bless America.
- Etgar Keret
If truth ruined a relationship… maybe it was built on lies.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
He was a gemstone in the rough. not stunning at first glance, but with a great deal of worth beneath the surface. Sim was tender, kind, and attentive as any woman could care for. He made Fela deliriously happy. Sim was a prince.
By contrast, what did I have to offer? Nothing really. Less now. I was more like a curious stone that is picked up, carried a while, and finally dropped again with the realization that for all its interesting look, it is nothing more then hardened earth.
- Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear
Know who your people are, and choose to tolerate them instead of tolerating everyone.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Women's obsession with work and independence and so on is the source of their dissatisfaction. When women surpass men, their chance for romance slips away from them.
- Asako Yuzuki
Butter
That was how I came to realise: for all their knowledge of literature and the arts, my parents weren't in the habit of thinking deeply about anything. They were, in fact, profoundly superficial people who were happy if they could spend their days enjoying themselves, surrounded by things they liked and which were pleasing on the eye.
- Asako Yuzuki
Butter
I pull on my winter hat before returning to the zipper, feeling like I'm in grade one -- I regularly needed my teacher to help with my coat then -- and almost punch my fist in the air when I finally get it. Success!
- Jackie Lau
Time Loops & Meet Cutes
I wasn't necessarily proud of my work as a waitress, but I did feel a sense of honor in it. I loved the camaraderie, the shared disdain for the customer...
- Michelle Zauner
Crying in H Mart
The university actually had to institute a curfew prohibiting students from studying after 9:30 p.m. because they were beginning to develop very unhealthy sleep habits. When even that did not discourage them from studying in secret, the school simply cut all electrical power to all the classrooms when the clock struck half past nine.
- Simu Liu
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Gloria's office...was sleek and cold an gray. Just like Gloria's suit -- or, I thought privately, like Gloria's heart. Meticulous as a shark in pursuit of what she wanted. heedless of the damage done to anyone else.
- Olivia Waite
Murder by Memory
One-sided love looks pure, but feels painful.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Ignoring your emotions doesn’t solve anything. But it does give pain more space to grow.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
Daredevil Milla, super focused and super fit. Just as alone in the world as I am right now, but not nearly as bothered by it.
I turn to Odette. "I saw you land some huge nine hundreds today."

Odette waves her fingers. "Not huge. I saw you grabbing your seven twenties."

"I screwed up most of them." We're doing that thing women do. Putting ourselves down.
We are so invested in the fairy tale that disrespect feels like nothing more than a plot twist.
- Heather Babcock
You think I slept with women at Trinity ....You don't use the lavatory where your kid lives."

And with this one statement, Mom and I understood that Dad had cheated, though the locality was in question.
- Regina Porter
The Travelers
Loving words are seeds planted in the heart, growing gardens of trust and tenderness.
- Ayoub Imilouane
Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
People walk away when you need them, leaving you with nothing but the silence of their absence.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
You stop giving people what they want from you, and they immediately stop loving you.
- Garima Soni
Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
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