Quotes About Relationships

Love is a territory where orders can't be issued.

Aqueles que matámos, por mais estranhos e inimigos que sejam, tornam-se nossos parentes para sempre. Nunca mais se retiram, permanecem mais presentes que os vivos.

A gente ama alguém que desconhecemos, casa com quem conhece e vive com uma pessoa irreconhecível.

Cada um de nós foi uma mentira, mas nós os dois fomos verdade.

As mulheres, em instante, ficaram tema. Mulheres é bom quando não há amor, disse. Porque o amor é esquivadiço. A gente lhe monta casa, ele nasce no quintal. Vale a pena uma puta, miúdo. Gastamos o bolso, não o peito.

O amor não é a semente. O amor é o semear.

Toda a vida acreditei: amor é dois se duplicarem em um. Mas hoje sinto: ser um é ainda muito. De mais. Ambiciono, sim, ser o múltiplo de nada. Ninguém no plural. Ninguéns.

Rir junto é melhor que falar a mesma língua.

Só há um modo de escapar de um lugar: é sairmos de nós. Só há um modo de sairmos de nós: é amarmos alguém.

Há mulheres que procuram um homem que lhes abra o mundo. Outras buscam um que as tire do mundo. A maior parte, porém, acaba se unindo a alguém que lhes tira o mundo.

The world is full of instructions and advice on how to mother, in bookstores, in academia, on the playgrounds, in the media. Mothers are always examining how they treat their children, but aside from the occasional "Don't talk to your mother that way," or "You shouldn't have listened to your mother," there's not much guidance out there for daughters.

Just because It rains, Tacos don't like me Don't Dog the Boys

I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.

When I ask my mother if I can tape-record her for a memoir, she says, If I'm going to be betrayed it might as well be by my own daughter.

He knew every man who worked for him by his first name, it was said, but his daughters could not recall ever seeing him give their mother a kiss.

Love, much akin to life, begins and ends with the heart. ...And the women? They're smoking!

The problem with the "no daylight on security but daylight on diplomacy" tactic was that, in the Middle East, it did not work. Unlike in the West, where security is measured in tanks, jets, and guns, security in this part of the world is largely a product of impressions. A friend who stands by his friends on some issues but not on others is, in Middle Eastern eyes, not really a friend. In a region infamous for its unforgiving sun, any daylight is searing.

Whereas the business community in the West is a community of companies, the business community in Asia is a community of people. In the West, companies tend to do business with one another. In Asia, the deals are all done between personalities.

it could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, lovin you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars, tell me who i have to be, to get some reciprocity..

women have emotional needs, men have egotistical needs.

Men come and go but bills are forever.

A woman sternly said, "Because women want honesty until you tell them something they don't want to hear!

It's important that you identify what the best things are in your life. The things that do more than just get you through the day. The things that make you want the next day to come. And once you identify those things, it's critical that you nurture them and keep them strong.

And I was reminded of something I learned from another mentor, my first boss after I graduated, Massimo Vignelli, who once described the difference between complication and complexity. A love affair that's complex is wonderful, he said, but a love affair thats complicated is a disaster.