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 best way of killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
- José Saramago
The Cave
Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live.
- Leo Buscaglia
Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships
When you think of it, people may rub elbows and still have an ocean or two between them.
- B.M. Bower
The Range Dwellers
I read once that sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks ahead.
- Sandra Steffen
Come Summer
Life, weddings, relationships, road trips, gardening, making out, haircuts: few of the fun things in life always go as expected.
- Ariel Meadow Stallings
Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides
Błogosławiony ten, co nie mając nic do powiedzenia, nie obleka tego faktu w słowa.
- Julian Tuwim
They're horrible little creatures. All snot and smelly feet and pestering questions."
"Then why did you go into teaching?"
"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.
"Then why did you go into teaching?"
"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.
- Brian Francis
Natural Order
Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing our relationships electronically, deleting stuff that doesn't interest us. We edit the world; we select from menus; we pick and choose; our social 'group' focuses on us and disintegrates without us. This makes it rather confusing for us when we step outdoors and discover that other people's behaviour can't be deleted with a simple one-stroke command or dragged to the trash icon.
- Lynne Truss
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door
The disconnect between the reality and the grandiose fantasy can make the narcissist angry, frustrated, sullen, and prone to lashing out. They are dreamers. When it comes to grandiosity and relationships is when narcissists talk about their “great love story” or the idea of an “ideal love.
- Ramani Durvasula
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
Find yourself first, and be surprised at how quickly and logically “the” one just appears in front of you.
- Yasmina Diallo
From Catwalk To Freedom
When restless sexual desire arises, we pay attention to it with enough understanding and enough love that it dissipates and does not grow.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts
She dances
under a glistening
golden sky
Dangerous and wild!
Her hair smells of fire
and ashes,
while her eyes are
full of constellations.
under a glistening
golden sky
Dangerous and wild!
Her hair smells of fire
and ashes,
while her eyes are
full of constellations.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
She appears quiet and subdued.
The paradox:
Raging storms twirl inside her.
The paradox:
Raging storms twirl inside her.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
Sometimes I find myself in the eye of my own hurricane.… He was trouble in my life interrupting my world crashing into my dreams but I was a fucking storm the lightening to his thunder so, what more could a little chaos add but a beautiful catastrophic eruption.
- Melody Lee
Vine: Book of Poetry
It's hard to experience desire when you're weighted down by concern.
- Esther Perel
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
If love isn't there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
- François de La Rochefoucauld
Off the Santorini cliff on a dark, starless night, I tossed a message in a bottle and love found me washed up on the black lava sand of the Aegean shore. As with my previous loves, volcanic in nature. Almost destructive before it started.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
There are moments in relationship when you didn't speak, you didn't have to; but you talked a lot.
- Aman Jassal
Rainbow - the shades of love
So, a little advice. Relax. You're not filling a job position. You're looking for a pleasant acquaintance.. who might become a good friend... who turns out to be attractive to your senses... and a rewarding lover... then a committed partner whose heart will not stray. If you don't see those signposts and in that order, then you're probably on the wrong road and getting more lost with every step.
- Anthony D. Ravenscroft
Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
I long ago developed a very practical smile, which I call my "Noh smile" because it resembles a Noh mask whose features are frozen. Its advantage is that men can interpret it however they want; you can imagine how often I've relied on it.
- Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha
But men and women are different in the way that they feel loved. Men like to be admired for what they do, for their integrity and their accomplishments, whether it’s at work or at the gym or mowing the lawn, because it makes them feel manly. When a woman tells a man that she is proud of him, or she tells him that he did a good job, he’ll about bend over backwards to take care of her and love her.”
“But women like attention from men, because it makes them feel feminine and adored. That’s why they’re always fixin’ themselves up, doing their hair, wearing pretty clothes and makeup and jewelry and perfume. It’s all to attract your attention, you know.” (Thelma Jenkins)
“But women like attention from men, because it makes them feel feminine and adored. That’s why they’re always fixin’ themselves up, doing their hair, wearing pretty clothes and makeup and jewelry and perfume. It’s all to attract your attention, you know.” (Thelma Jenkins)
- Carol McCormick
Polyamory is differentiable from some other forms of nonmonogamy (including adultery) in that it is future-oriented. Poly relationships are not located solely in the moment, but have intentions (though perhaps tacit and vaguely defined) of at least adding to a base of experience possibly so far as signifying a life-long and emotionally attached commitment.
- Anthony D. Ravenscroft
Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
All I can think is that I want her more than anything. I want her more than I've ever wanted anything, ever.
- Angela Johnson
The First Part Last
... the best way of killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
- José Saramago
The Cave
Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live.
- Leo Buscaglia
Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships
When you think of it, people may rub elbows and still have an ocean or two between them.
- B.M. Bower
The Range Dwellers
I read once that sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks ahead.
- Sandra Steffen
Come Summer
Life, weddings, relationships, road trips, gardening, making out, haircuts: few of the fun things in life always go as expected.
- Ariel Meadow Stallings
Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides
Błogosławiony ten, co nie mając nic do powiedzenia, nie obleka tego faktu w słowa.
- Julian Tuwim
They're horrible little creatures. All snot and smelly feet and pestering questions."
"Then why did you go into teaching?"
"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.
"Then why did you go into teaching?"
"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.
- Brian Francis
Natural Order
Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing our relationships electronically, deleting stuff that doesn't interest us. We edit the world; we select from menus; we pick and choose; our social 'group' focuses on us and disintegrates without us. This makes it rather confusing for us when we step outdoors and discover that other people's behaviour can't be deleted with a simple one-stroke command or dragged to the trash icon.
- Lynne Truss
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door
The disconnect between the reality and the grandiose fantasy can make the narcissist angry, frustrated, sullen, and prone to lashing out. They are dreamers. When it comes to grandiosity and relationships is when narcissists talk about their “great love story” or the idea of an “ideal love.
- Ramani Durvasula
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
Find yourself first, and be surprised at how quickly and logically “the” one just appears in front of you.
- Yasmina Diallo
From Catwalk To Freedom
When restless sexual desire arises, we pay attention to it with enough understanding and enough love that it dissipates and does not grow.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts
She dances
under a glistening
golden sky
Dangerous and wild!
Her hair smells of fire
and ashes,
while her eyes are
full of constellations.
under a glistening
golden sky
Dangerous and wild!
Her hair smells of fire
and ashes,
while her eyes are
full of constellations.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
She appears quiet and subdued.
The paradox:
Raging storms twirl inside her.
The paradox:
Raging storms twirl inside her.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
Sometimes I find myself in the eye of my own hurricane.… He was trouble in my life interrupting my world crashing into my dreams but I was a fucking storm the lightening to his thunder so, what more could a little chaos add but a beautiful catastrophic eruption.
- Melody Lee
Vine: Book of Poetry
It's hard to experience desire when you're weighted down by concern.
- Esther Perel
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
If love isn't there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
- François de La Rochefoucauld
Off the Santorini cliff on a dark, starless night, I tossed a message in a bottle and love found me washed up on the black lava sand of the Aegean shore. As with my previous loves, volcanic in nature. Almost destructive before it started.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
There are moments in relationship when you didn't speak, you didn't have to; but you talked a lot.
- Aman Jassal
Rainbow - the shades of love
So, a little advice. Relax. You're not filling a job position. You're looking for a pleasant acquaintance.. who might become a good friend... who turns out to be attractive to your senses... and a rewarding lover... then a committed partner whose heart will not stray. If you don't see those signposts and in that order, then you're probably on the wrong road and getting more lost with every step.
- Anthony D. Ravenscroft
Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
I long ago developed a very practical smile, which I call my "Noh smile" because it resembles a Noh mask whose features are frozen. Its advantage is that men can interpret it however they want; you can imagine how often I've relied on it.
- Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha
But men and women are different in the way that they feel loved. Men like to be admired for what they do, for their integrity and their accomplishments, whether it’s at work or at the gym or mowing the lawn, because it makes them feel manly. When a woman tells a man that she is proud of him, or she tells him that he did a good job, he’ll about bend over backwards to take care of her and love her.”
“But women like attention from men, because it makes them feel feminine and adored. That’s why they’re always fixin’ themselves up, doing their hair, wearing pretty clothes and makeup and jewelry and perfume. It’s all to attract your attention, you know.” (Thelma Jenkins)
“But women like attention from men, because it makes them feel feminine and adored. That’s why they’re always fixin’ themselves up, doing their hair, wearing pretty clothes and makeup and jewelry and perfume. It’s all to attract your attention, you know.” (Thelma Jenkins)
- Carol McCormick
Polyamory is differentiable from some other forms of nonmonogamy (including adultery) in that it is future-oriented. Poly relationships are not located solely in the moment, but have intentions (though perhaps tacit and vaguely defined) of at least adding to a base of experience possibly so far as signifying a life-long and emotionally attached commitment.
- Anthony D. Ravenscroft
Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
All I can think is that I want her more than anything. I want her more than I've ever wanted anything, ever.
- Angela Johnson
The First Part Last
... the best way of killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
- José Saramago
The Cave
Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live.
- Leo Buscaglia
Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships
When you think of it, people may rub elbows and still have an ocean or two between them.
- B.M. Bower
The Range Dwellers
I read once that sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks ahead.
- Sandra Steffen
Come Summer
Life, weddings, relationships, road trips, gardening, making out, haircuts: few of the fun things in life always go as expected.
- Ariel Meadow Stallings
Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides
Błogosławiony ten, co nie mając nic do powiedzenia, nie obleka tego faktu w słowa.
- Julian Tuwim
They're horrible little creatures. All snot and smelly feet and pestering questions."
"Then why did you go into teaching?"
"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.
"Then why did you go into teaching?"
"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.
- Brian Francis
Natural Order
Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing our relationships electronically, deleting stuff that doesn't interest us. We edit the world; we select from menus; we pick and choose; our social 'group' focuses on us and disintegrates without us. This makes it rather confusing for us when we step outdoors and discover that other people's behaviour can't be deleted with a simple one-stroke command or dragged to the trash icon.
- Lynne Truss
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door
The disconnect between the reality and the grandiose fantasy can make the narcissist angry, frustrated, sullen, and prone to lashing out. They are dreamers. When it comes to grandiosity and relationships is when narcissists talk about their “great love story” or the idea of an “ideal love.
- Ramani Durvasula
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
Find yourself first, and be surprised at how quickly and logically “the” one just appears in front of you.
- Yasmina Diallo
From Catwalk To Freedom
When restless sexual desire arises, we pay attention to it with enough understanding and enough love that it dissipates and does not grow.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts
She dances
under a glistening
golden sky
Dangerous and wild!
Her hair smells of fire
and ashes,
while her eyes are
full of constellations.
under a glistening
golden sky
Dangerous and wild!
Her hair smells of fire
and ashes,
while her eyes are
full of constellations.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
She appears quiet and subdued.
The paradox:
Raging storms twirl inside her.
The paradox:
Raging storms twirl inside her.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
Sometimes I find myself in the eye of my own hurricane.… He was trouble in my life interrupting my world crashing into my dreams but I was a fucking storm the lightening to his thunder so, what more could a little chaos add but a beautiful catastrophic eruption.
- Melody Lee
Vine: Book of Poetry
It's hard to experience desire when you're weighted down by concern.
- Esther Perel
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
If love isn't there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
- François de La Rochefoucauld
Off the Santorini cliff on a dark, starless night, I tossed a message in a bottle and love found me washed up on the black lava sand of the Aegean shore. As with my previous loves, volcanic in nature. Almost destructive before it started.
- Melody Lee
Moon Gypsy
There are moments in relationship when you didn't speak, you didn't have to; but you talked a lot.
- Aman Jassal
Rainbow - the shades of love
So, a little advice. Relax. You're not filling a job position. You're looking for a pleasant acquaintance.. who might become a good friend... who turns out to be attractive to your senses... and a rewarding lover... then a committed partner whose heart will not stray. If you don't see those signposts and in that order, then you're probably on the wrong road and getting more lost with every step.
- Anthony D. Ravenscroft
Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
I long ago developed a very practical smile, which I call my "Noh smile" because it resembles a Noh mask whose features are frozen. Its advantage is that men can interpret it however they want; you can imagine how often I've relied on it.
- Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha
But men and women are different in the way that they feel loved. Men like to be admired for what they do, for their integrity and their accomplishments, whether it’s at work or at the gym or mowing the lawn, because it makes them feel manly. When a woman tells a man that she is proud of him, or she tells him that he did a good job, he’ll about bend over backwards to take care of her and love her.”
“But women like attention from men, because it makes them feel feminine and adored. That’s why they’re always fixin’ themselves up, doing their hair, wearing pretty clothes and makeup and jewelry and perfume. It’s all to attract your attention, you know.” (Thelma Jenkins)
“But women like attention from men, because it makes them feel feminine and adored. That’s why they’re always fixin’ themselves up, doing their hair, wearing pretty clothes and makeup and jewelry and perfume. It’s all to attract your attention, you know.” (Thelma Jenkins)
- Carol McCormick
Polyamory is differentiable from some other forms of nonmonogamy (including adultery) in that it is future-oriented. Poly relationships are not located solely in the moment, but have intentions (though perhaps tacit and vaguely defined) of at least adding to a base of experience possibly so far as signifying a life-long and emotionally attached commitment.
- Anthony D. Ravenscroft
Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
All I can think is that I want her more than anything. I want her more than I've ever wanted anything, ever.
- Angela Johnson
The First Part Last