Quotes About Partnership

There are three truths I have come to learn in the year since the Dragon War. The first is that both humans and dragons have the capacity to be good or evil. The second is that even if you're doing something you love, you can still become bored with your work. And the third is that my business partner, Marta, will never be finished with her wedding gown. Either one of them.

Caro: Are you sure, Philippe? I do love you, but we're so different. It won't be easy. Philippe: No it won't be. But who wants easy when they can have incredible? Yes, we'll have to work through some tough bits, but won't that be worth it when we see what an amazing life we can build together?

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.

As a woman who has some sort of power, you have to have a man that can take that. It's hard to find those men.

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

I couldn't believe my good fortune. I don't think Nick could either. In countless interviews, people asked him in front of me if he was jealous. "Her success is my success," he said again and again, so convincingly that even I almost believed him.

Marriage is a contract. Love is non-negotiable.

An extremely common cause of marital conflicts and divorces lies in the fact that the development toward a new phase of relationship, vitally necessary for one partner, is tragically doomed to failure owing to the other partner's lack of understanding or inability to participate in the development.

We were like a fire triangle, he was the oxygen, I was the flame, and together we made the fuel. All mixed together we were a fire.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.

Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.

I'm going to stay with you. If you go to jail, we might as well both go.

Some writers are only born to help another writer write one sentence.

You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting.

I learned one thing.' 'What?' 'Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.

You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all

I'll say just what you wish and I'll do what you wish and then you will never want any other girls, will you?' She looked at me very happily. 'I'll do what you want and say what you want and then I'll be a great success, won't I?' 'Yes.

The smaller we feel in the world, the more we need to shine in the eyes of our partner.

When you pick a partner, you pick a story. So what kind of story are you going to write? You are the editors of your life stories. Write well and edit often. And remember ... a life story is not a love story. You can love a lot more people than you can make a life with.

By turning our backs on other loves, we confirm the uniqueness of our "significant other." "I have found The One. I can stop looking." Miraculously, our desire for others is supposed to evaporate, vanquished by the power of this singular attraction.

Often, when one partner insists that they don't yet feel acknowledged, even as the one who hurt them insists they feel terrible, it is because the response is still more shame than guilt, and therefore self-focused.

For these couples, fidelity is defined not by sexual exclusivity but by the strength of their commitment.

When you pick a partner, you pick a story, and then you find yourself in a play you never auditioned for. And that is when the narratives clash.

What for Partner A may have been agonizing betrayal was transformative for Partner B. Understanding why the infidelity happened and what it signified is critical, both for couples who choose to end their relationship and for those who want to stay together, rebuild, and revitalize theirs.