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
Son,
Yes, two are better than one, but a creature with two heads is a monster. Keep a cordial relationship with your partner.
Yes, two are better than one, but a creature with two heads is a monster. Keep a cordial relationship with your partner.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
I cannot keep doing this. I don’t want to be something you hide away.
- Arabella Sveinsdottir
Nowhere Strangers: A Sapphic Coming-of-Age Story of Digital Romance, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery
If your picture of a perfect afterlife is being with the people you love all the time, why wouldn’t you choose, today while you're still alive, to be truly present with the people you love?
- Johann Hari
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?
- Jess C Scott
Wicked Lovely
How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.
- Margaret Atwood
Lady Oracle
Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me."
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
- Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.
- Jennifer Armintrout
Ashes to Ashes
I had a dream about you last night.. you were holding a pine cone and introducing him as Gerald.
- Nicole McKay
I Had a Dream About You
It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships.
- Jonathan Anthony Burkett
Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable
I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.
- Lisa Kleypas
Blue-Eyed Devil
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
- Mae West
Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be.
All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.
- Steve Harvey
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet
We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private."
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.
- Simone Elkeles
Rules of Attraction
Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.
- Katerina Stoykova Klemer
That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.
- Jenny Han
It's Not Summer Without You
I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
- Brene Brown
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
- Bernard Branson
When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.
- Deepak Chopra
misgivings, n.
Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
- David Levithan
The Lover's Dictionary
I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.
- Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do.
- Jodi Picoult
Sing You Home
Son,
Yes, two are better than one, but a creature with two heads is a monster. Keep a cordial relationship with your partner.
Yes, two are better than one, but a creature with two heads is a monster. Keep a cordial relationship with your partner.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
I cannot keep doing this. I don’t want to be something you hide away.
- Arabella Sveinsdottir
Nowhere Strangers: A Sapphic Coming-of-Age Story of Digital Romance, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery
If your picture of a perfect afterlife is being with the people you love all the time, why wouldn’t you choose, today while you're still alive, to be truly present with the people you love?
- Johann Hari
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?
- Jess C Scott
Wicked Lovely
How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.
- Margaret Atwood
Lady Oracle
Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me."
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
- Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.
- Jennifer Armintrout
Ashes to Ashes
I had a dream about you last night.. you were holding a pine cone and introducing him as Gerald.
- Nicole McKay
I Had a Dream About You
It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships.
- Jonathan Anthony Burkett
Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable
I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.
- Lisa Kleypas
Blue-Eyed Devil
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
- Mae West
Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be.
All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.
- Steve Harvey
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet
We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private."
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.
- Simone Elkeles
Rules of Attraction
Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.
- Katerina Stoykova Klemer
That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.
- Jenny Han
It's Not Summer Without You
I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
- Brene Brown
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
- Bernard Branson
When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.
- Deepak Chopra
misgivings, n.
Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
- David Levithan
The Lover's Dictionary
I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.
- Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do.
- Jodi Picoult
Sing You Home
Son,
Yes, two are better than one, but a creature with two heads is a monster. Keep a cordial relationship with your partner.
Yes, two are better than one, but a creature with two heads is a monster. Keep a cordial relationship with your partner.
- Gift Gugu Mona
Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad
I cannot keep doing this. I don’t want to be something you hide away.
- Arabella Sveinsdottir
Nowhere Strangers: A Sapphic Coming-of-Age Story of Digital Romance, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery
If your picture of a perfect afterlife is being with the people you love all the time, why wouldn’t you choose, today while you're still alive, to be truly present with the people you love?
- Johann Hari
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?
- Jess C Scott
Wicked Lovely
How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.
- Margaret Atwood
Lady Oracle
Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me."
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.
- Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.
- Jennifer Armintrout
Ashes to Ashes
I had a dream about you last night.. you were holding a pine cone and introducing him as Gerald.
- Nicole McKay
I Had a Dream About You
It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships.
- Jonathan Anthony Burkett
Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable
I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.
- Lisa Kleypas
Blue-Eyed Devil
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
- Mae West
Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be.
All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.
- Steve Harvey
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet
We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private."
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.
- Simone Elkeles
Rules of Attraction
Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.
- Katerina Stoykova Klemer
That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.
- Jenny Han
It's Not Summer Without You
I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
- Brene Brown
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
- Bernard Branson
When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.
- Deepak Chopra
misgivings, n.
Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.
- David Levithan
The Lover's Dictionary
I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.
- Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do.
- Jodi Picoult
Sing You Home