Relationships Quotes
Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.
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"We are all invisible until someone truly sees us."Ralph Ellison
"In relationship, we discover both our limitations and our possibilities."Ralph Ellison
"What good is the moon if you end up alone?"John Steinbeck
"Belonging is a human need, not a luxury."John Steinbeck
"The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado."Pearl S. Buck
"We are doomed to cling to each other with insane fury, lest we be alone."Pearl S. Buck
"Our relationships reveal to us who we truly are."Ralph Ellison
"You can't just take this, my love. You are mine."Toni Morrison
"In relationships, honesty is harder than flattery but infinitely more valuable."Langston Hughes
"Every person carries a story worth telling; listen deeply."Langston Hughes
"The relationship between power and freedom is more complex than most realize."Richard Wright
"Community is built through understanding, not through ignorance."Ralph Ellison
"Tell her that she can touch you now, if she wants to."Zora Neale Hurston
"We cannot live only for ourselves, our lives are connected to others."James Baldwin
"Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love, and you have to see if it will work."James Baldwin
"I am not interested in viewing another person as a sex object, but rather as a whole human being."James Baldwin
"A good marriage is one where both people feel they got the better deal."Pearl S. Buck
"Connection is the antidote to loneliness."Pearl S. Buck
"We are lonesome animals and we are only happy when we can believe we belong to something."John Steinbeck
"Loneliness is a universal condition, but connection is a choice."John Steinbeck
"The human heart is a lonely hunter."William Faulkner
"All human relationships are built on trust."William Faulkner
"Relationships require vulnerability and honesty."Langston Hughes
"Relationships are built on trust and time."Langston Hughes
"The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them."Ernest Hemingway
"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"There was nothing to talk about anymore."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"My people, my people."Zora Neale Hurston
"The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, justice and compassion will become only words."James Baldwin
"I owe you nothing and you owe me nothing but love."James Baldwin