Relationships Quotes
Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.
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"Relationships require the daily practice of showing up, listening, and choosing connection."Alice Walker
"Relationships require honesty, vulnerability, and sustained effort."Richard Wright
"I'll spin the nature of our relationship into myth."Ralph Ellison
"There's a lot of juice in community work. There's juice in relationships."Toni Cade Bambara
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."Maya Angelou
"Relationships require honesty, vulnerability, and grace."Maya Angelou
"Relationships are the foundation of our humanity."Maya Angelou
"In relationships, we see not who others truly are, but who we fear becoming."Ralph Ellison
"I don't think anybody can tell you how to love somebody else."Alice Walker
"The most solid joys are the least sudden; they grow and deepen with time."Alice Walker
"The truth is that many of our wounds come from those we love."Alice Walker
"Commitment may mean different things to different people."James Baldwin
"When you get a chance to sit down and talk to a peer, you have to give your time."Toni Morrison
"To be seen and to be known are not the same thing."Toni Morrison
"Connections between people are the only thing that matters in the end."Toni Morrison
"Nothing is more fragile than the balance we attempt to maintain between ourselves and others."Toni Morrison
"All my skinfolk ain't my kinfolk."Zora Neale Hurston
"Relationships require honesty and understanding."Zora Neale Hurston
"We are all outsiders in some way, searching for belonging."Richard Wright
"We discover who we are through our relationships with others."Ralph Ellison
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."Maya Angelou
"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option."Maya Angelou
"I learned long ago that those who appear the most beautiful are often the loneliest."Maya Angelou
"I've decided that I won't run anymore. If love is looking for me, it can find me."Maya Angelou
"Love is not a natural state for human beings; it must be learned and practiced."Alice Walker
"The function of language is to create intimacy."Toni Morrison
"Relationships thrive on honesty and mutual respect."Langston Hughes
"There is a great difference between approval and love."James Baldwin
"The oldest human longing is the longing for connection and understanding."Zora Neale Hurston
"The nature of human beings is such that we cannot live without connection to others."Zora Neale Hurston