Relationships Quotes

Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.

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"The most important conversations happen not in large gatherings but in intimate moments."
Seán Ó Faoláin
"Relationships are where we learn who we actually are versus who we thought we were."
Douglas Coupland
"Relationships are the laboratory where we test everything we believe about ourselves."
Douglas Coupland
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"A man can be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married."
Brendan Behan
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"Being human is a collective enterprise."
Margaret Atwood
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"Relationships require vulnerability and trust."
Margaret Atwood
"Marriage is a damnably serious affair, particularly nowadays, when it is asked to bear the weight of all our emotional demands."
Robertson Davies
"The deepest relationships are built on honesty and trust."
Robertson Davies
"Relationships are built on trust and maintained through honesty."
Frank O'Connor
"Relationships require constant cultivation and care."
Frank O'Connor
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"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down and take you backwards."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"In relationships, honesty is the bed on which trust sleeps."
Sean O'Casey
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"Relationships thrive on vulnerability, honesty, and mutual respect."
Sean O'Casey
"Relationships require more honesty than most people can handle."
Douglas Coupland
"Relationships are currency for the soul."
Douglas Coupland
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"Relationship is the most complex of all human endeavors."
Margaret Atwood
"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."
Robertson Davies
"A marriage without conflict is probably a marriage without passion."
Robertson Davies
"A career is wonderful, but it cannot cuddle you on a cold night."
Robertson Davies
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"Trauma is the secret that bonds people together."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"The human heart is the most private of spaces."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"I wanted to leave out the violence and simply say that here were two people who respected each other."
Harper Lee
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"There's no lady for you, Tom, so I suggest you pay your respects and get on home."
Harper Lee
"There's nothing more important than good food and good company."
Douglas Coupland
"Most people are dying to be heard."
Douglas Coupland
"The human need for connection is stronger than any technology."
Douglas Coupland
"We are all strangers to each other in the end."
Carson McCullers
"Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone."
Carson McCullers
"There is no love losing interest and desire anymore."
Carson McCullers
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"Human relationships are the thing that remains."
Eudora Welty