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
The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.
- Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
It is assured that men of all ages imagine a woman naked when they first meet.
- Tiffany Madison
Black and White
For the first time in history, middle-class women do not need men in the traditional ways - for safety, for money, for a life. So they’re demanding instead what they always wanted but couldn’t ask for: emotional connection, presence, intimacy. Sex with enough foreplay, enough seduction, enough closeness to please them. Men are baffled not only because the needs they are being asked to fill differ so from what their fathers and grandfathers understood to be their jobs but also because full-fledged intimacy requires strengths and skills they’ve never learned. Moreover… they’re strengths and skills that were once left solely to women: Men didn’t have to develop them. This maturational mismatch may be contributing to distrust among lovers of all ages.
- Dalma Heyn
Drama Kings: The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy
North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat. And of course, you're a Fish. You'll end up back in bed with him."
Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.
Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.
- Jennifer Crusie
Maybe This Time
The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more bed, then less bed, then the boredom, the tears and the final bitterness--was to him shameful and hypocritical.
- Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
“Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes.”
Ah, sweetie. If the poets couldn’t unriddle them, then you certainly can’t. Be kind, and keep your ears on offer if she wants to talk. But you can’t draw out the strangeness, Edgar. It’s not a poison.
- Allyse Near
Fairytales for Wilde Girls
If that’s the case, I understand why emotions are hard for you. You’ve numbed yourself to make room for the grief you carry.
- Brent Jones
The Fifteenth of June
That cake tasted good. But the cake in the garbage tasted better. It was the best cake I ever ate.
- Loretta Ellsworth
In a Heartbeat
I pictured the couple we might someday become. And in my mind, in that moment at least, they lived happily ever after.
- Hazel Hayes
Out of Love
A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections.
- Jude Morgan
Indiscretion
Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.
- Timothy S. Lane
Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Kiss her gypsy soul and love her for the wild rose she is.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
Because that’s what unfaithfulness is, isn’t it? A cancer that’s always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship. It’s happened once, it could happen again, so you’re always looking for telltale signs or symptoms to show that it’s reappeared...
- Matt Dunn
The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook
I found, increasingly, that I did not particularly care and I tried to fake a little kindness, a little sweetness, tried to mirror Luna back at herself, but that exhausted me after a week and I concluded that I was not meant for this sort of thing, friends, friendliness, no, I wasn't meant for it.
- Catherine Lacey
Nobody Is Ever Missing
Yeah, it didn't work like that because lies cannot protect
- Danielle Bernock
Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
I´m just not sending out the right vibe lately. Perhaps the fact that I wear stained sweatpants and free T-shirts is holding me back. I just can´t seem to get back into the intelligent-slut-for-hire outfits that lure men; even shoes with laces evade me. Plus my hair is Fran Lebowitz-esque. I think my eyes are getting closer together. I don´t know.
- Suzanne Finnamore
Split: A Memoir of Divorce
If you listen closely, silence can be deafening.
- Truth Devour
Wantin
Jack hadn’t thought of love as a promise before—a promise that, even when the world was falling down around him, would stay kept. But without Sutton saying a word, he knew that there would be comfort when he couldn’t sleep tonight. And tomorrow and the day after, there would be a home to go to, even if it was no more than a pair of arms around him and a head tucked close to his in the darkness.
- Tamara Allen
Whistling in the Dark
Sex can lead to nasty things like herpes, gonorrhea, and something called relationships.
- Sacha Baron Cohen
Straight between them ran the pathway,
Never grew the grass upon it
Never grew the grass upon it
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song of Hiawatha
I had a dream about you. In my dream I stole all your money, kidnapped your parents, and mailed you mannequin parts spray-painted red in a series of packages that also included ransom notes. Then, towards the end of the dream, the cops surrounded my cave and swarmed in to arrest me. Sweating, my eyes shot open, and I realized it was a dream. “Of course it’s a dream,” I thought. “The cops have no idea where my cave is, and your first package has yet to be delivered.”
- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
I Had a Dream About You
Or maybe I, like, cuddle raped him or something.
- Lauren Barnholdt
Two-Way Street
Finally he turned his head toward her face and brushed a kiss over her cheek. “I love you and I believe with all my heart that you love me as well. Why can’t you say it, Hero?
- Elizabeth Hoyt
Notorious Pleasures
The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.
- Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
It is assured that men of all ages imagine a woman naked when they first meet.
- Tiffany Madison
Black and White
For the first time in history, middle-class women do not need men in the traditional ways - for safety, for money, for a life. So they’re demanding instead what they always wanted but couldn’t ask for: emotional connection, presence, intimacy. Sex with enough foreplay, enough seduction, enough closeness to please them. Men are baffled not only because the needs they are being asked to fill differ so from what their fathers and grandfathers understood to be their jobs but also because full-fledged intimacy requires strengths and skills they’ve never learned. Moreover… they’re strengths and skills that were once left solely to women: Men didn’t have to develop them. This maturational mismatch may be contributing to distrust among lovers of all ages.
- Dalma Heyn
Drama Kings: The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy
North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat. And of course, you're a Fish. You'll end up back in bed with him."
Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.
Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.
- Jennifer Crusie
Maybe This Time
The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more bed, then less bed, then the boredom, the tears and the final bitterness--was to him shameful and hypocritical.
- Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
“Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes.”
Ah, sweetie. If the poets couldn’t unriddle them, then you certainly can’t. Be kind, and keep your ears on offer if she wants to talk. But you can’t draw out the strangeness, Edgar. It’s not a poison.
- Allyse Near
Fairytales for Wilde Girls
If that’s the case, I understand why emotions are hard for you. You’ve numbed yourself to make room for the grief you carry.
- Brent Jones
The Fifteenth of June
That cake tasted good. But the cake in the garbage tasted better. It was the best cake I ever ate.
- Loretta Ellsworth
In a Heartbeat
I pictured the couple we might someday become. And in my mind, in that moment at least, they lived happily ever after.
- Hazel Hayes
Out of Love
A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections.
- Jude Morgan
Indiscretion
Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.
- Timothy S. Lane
Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Kiss her gypsy soul and love her for the wild rose she is.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
Because that’s what unfaithfulness is, isn’t it? A cancer that’s always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship. It’s happened once, it could happen again, so you’re always looking for telltale signs or symptoms to show that it’s reappeared...
- Matt Dunn
The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook
I found, increasingly, that I did not particularly care and I tried to fake a little kindness, a little sweetness, tried to mirror Luna back at herself, but that exhausted me after a week and I concluded that I was not meant for this sort of thing, friends, friendliness, no, I wasn't meant for it.
- Catherine Lacey
Nobody Is Ever Missing
Yeah, it didn't work like that because lies cannot protect
- Danielle Bernock
Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
I´m just not sending out the right vibe lately. Perhaps the fact that I wear stained sweatpants and free T-shirts is holding me back. I just can´t seem to get back into the intelligent-slut-for-hire outfits that lure men; even shoes with laces evade me. Plus my hair is Fran Lebowitz-esque. I think my eyes are getting closer together. I don´t know.
- Suzanne Finnamore
Split: A Memoir of Divorce
If you listen closely, silence can be deafening.
- Truth Devour
Wantin
Jack hadn’t thought of love as a promise before—a promise that, even when the world was falling down around him, would stay kept. But without Sutton saying a word, he knew that there would be comfort when he couldn’t sleep tonight. And tomorrow and the day after, there would be a home to go to, even if it was no more than a pair of arms around him and a head tucked close to his in the darkness.
- Tamara Allen
Whistling in the Dark
Sex can lead to nasty things like herpes, gonorrhea, and something called relationships.
- Sacha Baron Cohen
Straight between them ran the pathway,
Never grew the grass upon it
Never grew the grass upon it
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song of Hiawatha
I had a dream about you. In my dream I stole all your money, kidnapped your parents, and mailed you mannequin parts spray-painted red in a series of packages that also included ransom notes. Then, towards the end of the dream, the cops surrounded my cave and swarmed in to arrest me. Sweating, my eyes shot open, and I realized it was a dream. “Of course it’s a dream,” I thought. “The cops have no idea where my cave is, and your first package has yet to be delivered.”
- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
I Had a Dream About You
Or maybe I, like, cuddle raped him or something.
- Lauren Barnholdt
Two-Way Street
Finally he turned his head toward her face and brushed a kiss over her cheek. “I love you and I believe with all my heart that you love me as well. Why can’t you say it, Hero?
- Elizabeth Hoyt
Notorious Pleasures
The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.
- Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
It is assured that men of all ages imagine a woman naked when they first meet.
- Tiffany Madison
Black and White
For the first time in history, middle-class women do not need men in the traditional ways - for safety, for money, for a life. So they’re demanding instead what they always wanted but couldn’t ask for: emotional connection, presence, intimacy. Sex with enough foreplay, enough seduction, enough closeness to please them. Men are baffled not only because the needs they are being asked to fill differ so from what their fathers and grandfathers understood to be their jobs but also because full-fledged intimacy requires strengths and skills they’ve never learned. Moreover… they’re strengths and skills that were once left solely to women: Men didn’t have to develop them. This maturational mismatch may be contributing to distrust among lovers of all ages.
- Dalma Heyn
Drama Kings: The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy
North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat. And of course, you're a Fish. You'll end up back in bed with him."
Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.
Andie slammed the car door. "You know what I'd like for Christmas, Flo? Boundaries. You can gift me early if you'd like.
- Jennifer Crusie
Maybe This Time
The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more bed, then less bed, then the boredom, the tears and the final bitterness--was to him shameful and hypocritical.
- Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
“Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes.”
Ah, sweetie. If the poets couldn’t unriddle them, then you certainly can’t. Be kind, and keep your ears on offer if she wants to talk. But you can’t draw out the strangeness, Edgar. It’s not a poison.
- Allyse Near
Fairytales for Wilde Girls
If that’s the case, I understand why emotions are hard for you. You’ve numbed yourself to make room for the grief you carry.
- Brent Jones
The Fifteenth of June
That cake tasted good. But the cake in the garbage tasted better. It was the best cake I ever ate.
- Loretta Ellsworth
In a Heartbeat
I pictured the couple we might someday become. And in my mind, in that moment at least, they lived happily ever after.
- Hazel Hayes
Out of Love
A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections.
- Jude Morgan
Indiscretion
Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.
- Timothy S. Lane
Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Kiss her gypsy soul and love her for the wild rose she is.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
Because that’s what unfaithfulness is, isn’t it? A cancer that’s always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship. It’s happened once, it could happen again, so you’re always looking for telltale signs or symptoms to show that it’s reappeared...
- Matt Dunn
The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook
I found, increasingly, that I did not particularly care and I tried to fake a little kindness, a little sweetness, tried to mirror Luna back at herself, but that exhausted me after a week and I concluded that I was not meant for this sort of thing, friends, friendliness, no, I wasn't meant for it.
- Catherine Lacey
Nobody Is Ever Missing
Yeah, it didn't work like that because lies cannot protect
- Danielle Bernock
Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
I´m just not sending out the right vibe lately. Perhaps the fact that I wear stained sweatpants and free T-shirts is holding me back. I just can´t seem to get back into the intelligent-slut-for-hire outfits that lure men; even shoes with laces evade me. Plus my hair is Fran Lebowitz-esque. I think my eyes are getting closer together. I don´t know.
- Suzanne Finnamore
Split: A Memoir of Divorce
If you listen closely, silence can be deafening.
- Truth Devour
Wantin
Jack hadn’t thought of love as a promise before—a promise that, even when the world was falling down around him, would stay kept. But without Sutton saying a word, he knew that there would be comfort when he couldn’t sleep tonight. And tomorrow and the day after, there would be a home to go to, even if it was no more than a pair of arms around him and a head tucked close to his in the darkness.
- Tamara Allen
Whistling in the Dark
Sex can lead to nasty things like herpes, gonorrhea, and something called relationships.
- Sacha Baron Cohen
Straight between them ran the pathway,
Never grew the grass upon it
Never grew the grass upon it
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song of Hiawatha
I had a dream about you. In my dream I stole all your money, kidnapped your parents, and mailed you mannequin parts spray-painted red in a series of packages that also included ransom notes. Then, towards the end of the dream, the cops surrounded my cave and swarmed in to arrest me. Sweating, my eyes shot open, and I realized it was a dream. “Of course it’s a dream,” I thought. “The cops have no idea where my cave is, and your first package has yet to be delivered.”
- Dark Jar Tin Zoo
I Had a Dream About You
Or maybe I, like, cuddle raped him or something.
- Lauren Barnholdt
Two-Way Street
Finally he turned his head toward her face and brushed a kiss over her cheek. “I love you and I believe with all my heart that you love me as well. Why can’t you say it, Hero?
- Elizabeth Hoyt
Notorious Pleasures