Quotes About Relationships

But no matter what you call it, it seems that every couple has two stories- the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version, best left alone.

He was just the wrong guy for me at the time. Nothing more, nothing less.

I think of Josie's theory that it's all interrelated, that it all goes back to that night in December, all of our decisions and dreams and mistakes from the past inextricably linked.

But it's not that simple or clear-cut—and I wonder if it ever is when it comes to matters of the heart.

o oposto do amor não é o ódio, é a indiferença. (p. 306) (GIFFIN, 2004.)

But at the time, I honestly didn't think I was hurting anyone, not even myself. I didn't think much at all, in fact. Yes, I was gorgeous and lucky in love, but I truly believed that I was also a decent person who deserved her good fortune.

or are there always shades of gray when it comes to matters of the heart?

I smile at my husband's unwavering thoughtfulness. Sometimes he really does seem too good to be true.

hesitated, thinking of all the ways I could change the subject, then made a spur-of-the-moment decision that I was finished with small talk and surface conversation and diversions and lies of any kind, no matter how small. At least for right now, as I sat at my parents' dining room table, with a kind man who had once loved me, and who still prayed to God before supper.

That although I love Nick, on most days I don't think he lassoed the moon

Underscoring all of this is Leo—his constant presence in my mind, along with the troubling realization that I deeply associate him with the city and vice versa. So much so, in fact, that leaving New York feels an awful lot like leaving him.

I ever stop loving him the way you're supposed to stop loving everyone but the one you're with? If the answer is no, then will the lapse of time or a change of geography really fix the problem? And regardless of the answer, what does the mere question say about my relationship with Andy?

But it's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.

Our choices. Our fleeting moments together.

Cuando tienes una relación, eres consciente de que se puede acabar. puede que os distanciéis, conozcáis a otro o simplemente que dejéis de estar enamorados. Pero una amistad no es un juego de suma cero y, como tal, das por sentado que durará para siempre, en especial si es una vieja amistad. das por sentada su permanencia; quizá sea por eso por lo que es tan valiosa.

elated.") And anytime he had to question someone's loyalty.

a bit of a dirty fighter, quick with cutting words that he later regrets and doesn't really mean. Then again, I wonder if there isn't always a grain of truth in them, somewhere

Tell me what's going on in your world, Joey

If I ever wrote a book on divorces, one of my first suggestions to parents would be: Get rid of the second (or third) wife in the background when you're talking to your child—at least some of the time.

I desperately want to feel that way again. To be in a relationship that I'm not trying to script or water down. It's about wanting something real—even if it's messy and complicated.

right—secrets and lies are really the same thing

It never ceases to amaze me how foolproof the rule is: the person who cares the least (or pretends to) holds the power.

thinking that's the thing about Andy—I'm always at least okay when I'm with him.

Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.