Quotes About Relationships

How can I rule anyone - when you so completely rule me?

It's one way or another, Summer. For me, it's black and white. You're either in the friend zone or the lover zone. And with you…Gosh, Summer, you're in my danger zone. My rip-my-heart-out and change-me-forever zone. I have to tread lightly with you. Because if I don't, I may never be able to find my way back.

If it weren't for married men, we couldn't have carried on at all, and if it weren't for cheating married women we could have made another million.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

Shu required that "all day and every day" we looked into our own hearts, discovered what caused us pain, and then refrained, under all circumstances, from inflicting that distress upon other people. It demanded that people no longer put themselves into a special, separate category but constantly related their own experience to that of others. Confucius was the first to promulgate the Golden Rule. For Confucius it had transcendent value.

it is neither helpful nor accurate to assume that other people are always responsible for our pain.

we rarely convey our thoughts adequately to others and this makes our relationships with other people problematic.

In your mindfulness practice, notice how often, without thinking, you try to manipulate, control, or exploit others—sometimes in tiny and apparently unimportant ways.

Enmity shapes our consciousness and identity.

In a world of fools, I was, I think, to him one of the greater fools.

Roses are red, nuts are brown Skirts go up, pants goes down

Take the advice I sometimes have to give to myself: Don't say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off.

if a person is willing to listen to gossip they are also willing to spread it.

comments, nasty words, flying criticisms, and awful accusations. We can even use silence as a weapon. When we give someone the cold shoulder, we may hold in our words, but we're spewing out our feelings all the same.

I want you to get out a nice note card or piece of stationery and write a letter to yourself. Yes. To yourself. In it, encourage yourself with what you have learned from this journey. What do you need to work on? Why do you need to work on it? What relationships are being damaged or precious time and memories lost because of how you interact with those in your life, whether they are family, friend, or even foe? Spend some time thinking about this and then let your pen and paper do the talking.

Hearing a heart drop is an art we must lovingly cultivate. It can lead to the most wonderful times of encouragement as we make it our habit to listen and to love.

She knew that it was not smart to address her concerns about money directly, for men despised women who confronted them in this way. She knew that the smart wife, especially one no longer willing to parlay sexual favors, would find a way to bring up matters sweetly, pouring honey all over the problem before showing it to the husband. But she was out of patience.

It does not pay to be possessive of a man determined to remain free.

Gregor, have you ever been in love? No, I've never been that foolish.

In fact, you could almost hold that no man is perfect until he meets the right woman.

Mother always said he was like a lake, calm on the surface though a powerful current rumbled beneath. Tristan, meanwhile, was the ocean—his feelings frothed and foamed on the surface, crashing like waves into every situation.

My dear brother, never allow a woman to hold all of the cards.

Never underestimate the importance of what a woman says in bed. It's one of the few places they will tell you exactly what they are thinking.

Does the curse affect your entire family in the same way? There are some slight variations. When my brother Gregor grows angry, it tends to hail and snow. He has a cold disposition?