Quotes About Relationships

Jack's way of shielding his mother from his father's growing number of affairs

Frank wanted to have it both ways: to be heavily indebted to his brothers yet operate free of their control.

Even as he scared people away, he was a lonely man

Rockefeller knew the name and face of each employee

Despite their similarities, Pratt was a timid executive who lacked Rockefeller's audacity and often felt slighted by him.

I lose all taste for the pursuits of ambition. I sigh for nothing but the company of my wife and my baby.

This pattern of the sickly wife and the autocratic, headstrong husband would be repeated in the life of their son Pierpont.

while he was always surrounded by people, Rockefeller had few, if any, real friends and was isolated by his wealth.

If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Kids don't think about their folks nearly as much as everybody imagines. Parents are just there, like background music at the mall.

He carries what he feels for people deep inside. Even as a kid he was that way," Aunt Margaret said. "Your momma knows that." But I had wondered then as I did now what good love was that couldn't be expressed.

But I'm so tired, Winsome said, of Meeting other people. I want other people to meet me.

We all have our little sorrows, ducky, you're not the only one. The littler you are, the larger the sorrow. You think you loved him? What about me?

I think growing up in a small town is a good foundation for anyone who decides to enter politics. You get to know people as individuals, not as blocs or members of special interest groups.

IRISH BLESSING   And may I conclude with a little Irish blessing – although, some suggest it's a curse: May those who love us, love us. And those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. Speech on Administrative Goals to Senior Presidential Appointees, September 8, 1987

We think it's okay to talk to others about the problem we're having with so-and-so, but we never go straight to the source. We're guilty of slander or gossip. Even if what we say is true, it's still gossip.

No hay nada ridículo en la #Intimidad, no hay nada escatológico ni repudiable en ese lento fuego doméstico de sudor y de fiebre, de mocos y estornudos, de pedos y ronquidos.

Si hubiera sido consciente, te habría querido no más, pero mejor.

El amor es una mentira, pero funciona.

La #Intimidad: no tener muy claro donde acabas tú y empieza el otro. Y saberlo todo de esa persona, o al menos saber tanto. En

Un mundo íntimo recargado y secreto en el que coincidían. Eso era el amor, en realidad: tener a alguien con quien poder compartir tus rarezas ~ , Lágrimas en la lluvia.

Todos creemos saber del amor, todos creemos entender algo del amor. Y, sin embargo, continúa siendo una materia oscura, el reino de la confusión y lo enigmático.

Cuando vives a dos el mundo se adapta a ese ruido, a ese ritmo, a esos perfiles, y la súbita ausencia del otro desencadena un cataclismo en el paisaje.

Amar apasionadamente sin ser correspondido es como ir en barco y marearse: tú te sientes morir pero a los demás les produces risa»