Quotes About Relationships

It's better to have loved and lost, than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life

When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.

When a friend lets us down, we show that our theology is off base when we're overcome with shock. The Bible teaches that we're all going to let each other down. Even the most beautiful rose has thorns.

Marriage is a wonderful gift, but it can't be the best of the best. That honor belongs only to Christ.

A bonnet costs twenty dollars, and implies a shawl and gown to match. A bonnet to one wife, with shawl and gown to match, implies the like to every other wife." The man paused, shook his head ruefully and concluded: "This taste for female finery is breaking up our Mormon homes. Brigham Young may soon be the only man in Salt Lake City rich enough to clothe a dozen wives."28

If he didn't love so deeply, he couldn't grieve so deeply. But he's drowning in it.

There's a honey-do-list for you on your nightstand in case you get to feeling like I managed just fine without you. And a wish list of movies I want to see, and books I'd like you to buy me." She bit her lip. "Actually I bought most of the books and called them gifts, so maybe you should give me back that list to update once more.

He got lost in a memory for a moment, then glanced over at Gina. "What I miss most...she always used to say good-night just before she'd drift off to sleep. I miss those words, the good-night." "Someone was there, someone to share the end of the day," Gina said softly. She understood. Bishop nodded. "Someone was there. That's why you get married, Gina. Beyond all the other details of why, it's having someone there when the days ends. It's being together and sharing life.

Relationships are two layers of conversations. Adapting and also speaking your mind.

Sometimes love comes easily, and sometimes it's the most challenging decision a person ever makes. That reality doesn't make one way right and the other wrong, it just is. The love underlying marriage is more than an emotion, more than a set of facts adding up to a decision. It's the choice that this is the person I'm going to stay with for the rest of my life. It's something you have to make with your head and your heart . . . .

A romance book is designed to tell you something about love–its ability to endure, forgive, go the extra mile, care about someone, put someone else first.

I enjoy people, I enjoy a good conversation and doing something together, but I don't require it in my week. I do need several hours of quiet.

Dating was always a give-and-take. He showed his best side, so did she, and it took time to get past that effort to get to know the real person. The long-term future of the relationship depended on the ability to clearly see the other person and figure out if they were a good fit together.

Community is composed of that which we don't attempt to measure, for which we keep no record and ask no recompense. Most are things we cannot measure no matter how hard we try.

Cinta butuh dipelihara. Bahwa di dalam sepak terjangnya yang serba-mengejutkan, cinta ternyata masih butuh mekanisme agar mampu bertahan. Cinta jangan selalu ditempatkan sebagai iming-iming besar, atau seperti ranjau yang tahu-tahu meledakkanmu--entah kenapa dan kapan. Cinta yang sudah dipilih sebaiknya diikutkan di setiap langkah kaki, merekatkan jemari, dan berjalanlah kalian bergandengan...karena cinta adalah mengalami.

Asmara. Tidak bisa dipahami, cuma bisa dirasakan akibatnya.

Manusia menuntut manusia lain untuk punya drama. Itu syaratnya supaya kita kelihatan normal

Cinta yang sampai di titik tertentu akan mengaburkan ego. Kebahagiaan istrinya berarti kebahagiaannya. Begitu pun dengan kesengsaraan.

Mencintai sesuatu atau seseorang dengan keutuhan diri adalah satu-satunya cara mencinta. Sementara perasaan tidak lengkap atau ketergantungan adalah relfeksi jarak anda dengan diri sendiri.

I never saw this coming - the little house was working its magic, connecting me to people and materials I never would have guessed would find their way into the picture.

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.

Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.

There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.