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
At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.
- Karen Salmansohn
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
- Sharon Salzberg
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
There was a time Jeff and Helen loved each other and touched each other's hands and ate breakfast in cafes together and secretly fucked in public, the way people in like do. Then came a time they made each other crazy and beat their hands on steering wheels and tore up love letters and photographs and said goodbye.
- Amy Guth
Three Fallen Women
Love is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love or the lack of it.
The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better.
- Hanif Kureishi
Intimacy
How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding," I say. "It´s Normandy out there.
- Suzanne Finnamore
Split: A Memoir of Divorce
A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.
- Matt Dunn
Best Man
He had known so much about her once -what she thought, how she felt, the reasons for her actions. And now he only knew that he loved her, and all the other knowledge seemed passing from him just as he needed it most.
- E M Forster
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance.
- Patrick Marber
Closer: A Play
I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe that's because I am. About life, about this moment, about you.
- Crystal Woods
Write like no one is reading
So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.
- Deb Caletti
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?
We might have coupled
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings
- Mina Loy
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems
The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God's vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships. In fact, this may be The most important thing we ever learn about God--the He yearns for relationship with us. "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God" (John 17:3). The whole story of the Bible is a love story between God and His people. He yearns for us. He cares. He has a tender heart.
- Stasi Eldredge
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
My life was dark, torture and empty before you found me. You brought the light, Red. I love you.
- M.A. Stacie
Unwritten Rules
The two main girlfriends he has had wanted him to support them in the manner to which they certainly weren't accustomed even though he couldn't put his flabby hands on a penny.
- Kathy Acker
New York City in 1979
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.
But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, unexplainably collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again, she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart.
- Sana Krasikov
One More Year
The fact is, many people do not know how treat themselves and are experts at putting themselves down. In fact, if most of us were in a relationship with ourselves, we would break up with us, given how badly we treat ourselves.
- Ramani Durvasula
You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life
Broken hearts, you can run, you can hide and perhaps the earth is big enough to believe you’re safe. So maybe for a moment you have escaped but hear me, hear me well. Love will find you and it will leave nothing behind.
If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.
Whatever it is that makes closeness possible between people also puts them in the way of hard feelings if that closeness ends.
- Tobias Wolff
Married women are far more depressed than married men -- in unhappy marriages, three times more; and -- interestingly -- in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married!
- Dalma Heyn
At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.
- Karen Salmansohn
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
- Sharon Salzberg
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
There was a time Jeff and Helen loved each other and touched each other's hands and ate breakfast in cafes together and secretly fucked in public, the way people in like do. Then came a time they made each other crazy and beat their hands on steering wheels and tore up love letters and photographs and said goodbye.
- Amy Guth
Three Fallen Women
Love is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love or the lack of it.
The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better.
- Hanif Kureishi
Intimacy
How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding," I say. "It´s Normandy out there.
- Suzanne Finnamore
Split: A Memoir of Divorce
A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.
- Matt Dunn
Best Man
He had known so much about her once -what she thought, how she felt, the reasons for her actions. And now he only knew that he loved her, and all the other knowledge seemed passing from him just as he needed it most.
- E M Forster
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance.
- Patrick Marber
Closer: A Play
I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe that's because I am. About life, about this moment, about you.
- Crystal Woods
Write like no one is reading
So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.
- Deb Caletti
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?
We might have coupled
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings
- Mina Loy
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems
The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God's vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships. In fact, this may be The most important thing we ever learn about God--the He yearns for relationship with us. "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God" (John 17:3). The whole story of the Bible is a love story between God and His people. He yearns for us. He cares. He has a tender heart.
- Stasi Eldredge
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
My life was dark, torture and empty before you found me. You brought the light, Red. I love you.
- M.A. Stacie
Unwritten Rules
The two main girlfriends he has had wanted him to support them in the manner to which they certainly weren't accustomed even though he couldn't put his flabby hands on a penny.
- Kathy Acker
New York City in 1979
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.
But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, unexplainably collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again, she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart.
- Sana Krasikov
One More Year
The fact is, many people do not know how treat themselves and are experts at putting themselves down. In fact, if most of us were in a relationship with ourselves, we would break up with us, given how badly we treat ourselves.
- Ramani Durvasula
You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life
Broken hearts, you can run, you can hide and perhaps the earth is big enough to believe you’re safe. So maybe for a moment you have escaped but hear me, hear me well. Love will find you and it will leave nothing behind.
If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.
Whatever it is that makes closeness possible between people also puts them in the way of hard feelings if that closeness ends.
- Tobias Wolff
Married women are far more depressed than married men -- in unhappy marriages, three times more; and -- interestingly -- in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married!
- Dalma Heyn
At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.
- Karen Salmansohn
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
- Sharon Salzberg
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
There was a time Jeff and Helen loved each other and touched each other's hands and ate breakfast in cafes together and secretly fucked in public, the way people in like do. Then came a time they made each other crazy and beat their hands on steering wheels and tore up love letters and photographs and said goodbye.
- Amy Guth
Three Fallen Women
Love is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love or the lack of it.
The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better.
- Hanif Kureishi
Intimacy
How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding," I say. "It´s Normandy out there.
- Suzanne Finnamore
Split: A Memoir of Divorce
A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.
- Matt Dunn
Best Man
He had known so much about her once -what she thought, how she felt, the reasons for her actions. And now he only knew that he loved her, and all the other knowledge seemed passing from him just as he needed it most.
- E M Forster
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance.
- Patrick Marber
Closer: A Play
I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe that's because I am. About life, about this moment, about you.
- Crystal Woods
Write like no one is reading
So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.
- Deb Caletti
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?
We might have coupled
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings
- Mina Loy
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems
The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God's vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships. In fact, this may be The most important thing we ever learn about God--the He yearns for relationship with us. "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God" (John 17:3). The whole story of the Bible is a love story between God and His people. He yearns for us. He cares. He has a tender heart.
- Stasi Eldredge
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
My life was dark, torture and empty before you found me. You brought the light, Red. I love you.
- M.A. Stacie
Unwritten Rules
The two main girlfriends he has had wanted him to support them in the manner to which they certainly weren't accustomed even though he couldn't put his flabby hands on a penny.
- Kathy Acker
New York City in 1979
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.
But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, unexplainably collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again, she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart.
- Sana Krasikov
One More Year
The fact is, many people do not know how treat themselves and are experts at putting themselves down. In fact, if most of us were in a relationship with ourselves, we would break up with us, given how badly we treat ourselves.
- Ramani Durvasula
You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life
Broken hearts, you can run, you can hide and perhaps the earth is big enough to believe you’re safe. So maybe for a moment you have escaped but hear me, hear me well. Love will find you and it will leave nothing behind.
If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for a while. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact moment you do? So just be patient. Many times in my career, I saw students apologize, and then several days later, their teammates came around. Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded.
Whatever it is that makes closeness possible between people also puts them in the way of hard feelings if that closeness ends.
- Tobias Wolff
Married women are far more depressed than married men -- in unhappy marriages, three times more; and -- interestingly -- in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married!
- Dalma Heyn