Quotes About Relationships

You can't make someone love you." She held out her right hand to flash a ring with a gaudy stone set in it. "But you can imprison him in a ring for not loving you. See?

You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.

There are only two choices in how you or anyone else experiences the moment—in a state of love, or in a quest for love. Anger, resentment, frustration, sorrow, or any other painful expressions are simply unconscious calls for love. Whether someone is loving you or seemingly attacking you, the proper response is always love.

A man's wife can hold him devilish uneasy, if she begins to scold and fret, and perplex him, at a time when he has a full load for a railroad car on his mind already.

Mischievous smile. "I remember reading about Calvin Klein's daughter. Every time she pulled down a lover's pants, she was confronted by her father's name on the band of his underwear. A total sex killer.

Oxygen is a need, but love is a want. I repeat: LOVE IS NOT AN ADULT HUMAN NEED!

To fall in love successfully, you don't want too much self-awareness.

The way a man penetrates the world should be the same way he penetrates his woman: not merely for personal gain or pleasure, but to magnify love, openness, and depth.

You are only punishing yourself when you want to be in a relationship with a woman more than she wants to be a in a relationship with you.

Every man knows that his highest purpose in life cannot be reduced to any particular relationship. If a man prioritizes his relationship over his highest purpose, he weakens himself, disserves the universe, and cheats his woman of an authentic man who can offer his full, undivided presence.

Dublin is a big village and a dirty village where gossip reigns supreme'.

As my Uncle Theodosius always said: never chase women who are a lot smarter than you. You won't catch them, or, what's worse, you might.

Logic wasn't the governing factor here. It rarely is in human affairs.

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry.

You and me, we were married and we lived in that small dark space between two people where marriage exists.

Love and trust are Siamese twins, as conjoined as Chang and Eng.

A final note on numbers: My research shows Ann Eliza was most likely Brigham's 52 of 55 wives. As far as I can tell, she was called the 19th because removed from the total tally were the wives who had died, who were barren, or whom Brigham no longer had sexual relations with.

Dear Reader, let me tell you this: Love and trust are Siamese twins, as conjoined as Chang and Eng.

I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say "Benjamin" it's like my name is safe in their mouth.

When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

Some folks say That he's my son! I guess it's possible, you know. I've had so many one-night stands, So many whams and bams and thank-me-ma'ams, I can't keep track of every mademoiselle. Plus, I'm not the type to kiss and tell.

What is a woman? Her brothers' sister, her father's daughter, Her husband's wife, her children's mother

You have to manage an incredibly tricky network of relationships, simultaneously, in private and in public, and in a way that announces your ability to lead.