Relationships Quotes

"Stories are a form of connection between souls."

"What connects us all is our shared capacity to feel."

"Relationships require the constant negotiation of our competing selves."

"Loneliness is not living alone. Loneliness is the feeling that nobody understands you."

"To exist is to be in relation to other existences."

"A person who tries to live alone will surely fail."

"Every relationship is a negotiation between two separate worlds."

"Marriage is probably the greatest privilege of all."

"Vulnerability seems to be the price of entry for any real relationship."

"Human beings need each other, even when they hurt each other."

"We are all strangers trying to find connection in a strange world."

"The nature of human connection is paradoxical: we need distance to appreciate closeness."

"Once a woman has decided that her husband is no good, even his best actions look suspicious."

"Human beings are inclined to connect all the events they have experienced."

"We are the product of all our connections to others."

"Our connections to others define who we become."

"You can't make deals with things that are loyalty itself."

"Most of us are absolutely terrified of real intimacy."

"The paradox is that you have to be selfish to truly connect with others."

"Loneliness is the human condition, but connection is possible."

"Real communication requires vulnerability and risk."

"The most honest thing about us is our desperate need for connection."

"The simple hell of it is, we have just enough ability to want to see eye to eye, but not enough to do it."

"That's just my way of saying hello."

"The only real treasure is in human beings, their words, their thoughts."

"The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself."

"Relationships require work, commitment, and love."

"What is it that binds us to this world if not other people?"

"One cannot be deeply responsible to the world without being irresponsible to one's family."

"To be a bachelor is to be unfree."