Quotes About Relationships

Don't let a temporal way to connect be a poor substitute for an eternal way. Without first being connected vertically to God, all the social networking contacts in the world won't be enough.

I've always been attracted to temporary families.

Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere.

We're all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we're seldom formally introduced.

A]ll the...people who visited me out of a sense of duty, who were relentlessly sympathetic and secretly indifferent.

Average people seldom talked about anything interesting and often hurt each other savagely.

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

She discovered how distant pity was from hate, how very far it was from love.

A man with friends is the wealthiest man in the world.

Community transformation is about the quality of neighbors, not the quality of programs.

Upper-class parents enable their kids to form weak ties by exposing them more often to organized activities, professionals, and other adults. Working-class children, on the other hand, are more likely to interact regularly only with kin and neighborhood children, which limits their formation of valuable weak ties.

O balances sentimentales.

Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.

But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?

I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot.

I knew what we had was not over, we were not done and we did not know how to make our love end.

We believe we choose the paths we take when we come to those forks in our lives—the friends we make, the careers we undertake, the spouses we marry. But we don't.

You pick women who aren't good enough, and then you rationalize how they treat you rather than just telling them they aren't good enough for you.

You'll get tangles." Abby Crosswhite ran the brush through Tracy's hair, and she relaxed at the feel of bristles tickling her scalp. "I didn't read your diary. That was a mother's intuition. Nice admission of guilt, however. The next time Jack Frates comes over, tell him your

Guilt is never as good a motivator as love, David. Act out of love. Do it because you love your son.

My father once told me that love is not about who you can live with, but about who you cannot live without.

You realize you are like 99.9 percent of the rest of the world, just a cog in the wheel trying to make some sense of where you belong in the incomprehensible grand design of it all. And you realize that people you trust are going to disappoint you, friends will come and go, and those you love will die.

There's a huge difference between love and need. Someone who needs you will put themselves first. Someone who loves you will put you first.

And, Vera . . ." "Yeah." "I want you to know that I love you. I know you know, but I want you to hear me say it. And I know you told me not to start apologizing, but I'm sorry I haven't told you that more often.