Relationships Quotes
Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.
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"There is no greater distance than the distance between two people who love each other and cannot touch."James Baldwin
"Every woman wants to be first to someone. That is the law of life."Pearl S. Buck
"The purpose of marriage is not romance; it is survival."Pearl S. Buck
"A man may be a pessimist and still be a good husband."Sinclair Lewis
"When a man feels that he is the target of the world's bitter resentment, he is in a very uncomfortable position."Sinclair Lewis
"We cannot live with other people because we have not yet learned to live with ourselves."John Steinbeck
"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love."Ernest Hemingway
"There are a few things in this world that are worse than having a man in the house who is there only by courtesy."Ernest Hemingway
"It is always the secure and happy who hate, who loathe individuals that hamper or disparage their lives."Theodore Dreiser
"Relationships are built on trust."Theodore Dreiser
"An engaged woman, a really engaged woman, always has something better to do."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it—on the inside."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The promise of marriage is an attempt to make the permanent of a relationship."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"How can the human heart endure another human heart?"Pearl S. Buck
"To know another person is to have taken a great step in understanding oneself."Pearl S. Buck
"The worst of having a romance is that it leaves one so abnormally ignorant of the person one loves."Edith Wharton
"The fact that I wanted to be married did not mean that I wanted to be alone."Edith Wharton
"When we look back, the only things that matter are the moments when we touched each other."Willa Cather
"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love."Ernest Hemingway
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel a responsibility for the actions of others."John Steinbeck
"A single moment of genuine connection is worth more than a lifetime of superficial relationships."F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Relationships are the mirrors in which we see ourselves, often distorted and unflattering."Theodore Dreiser
"Betrayal is most cutting when it comes from those we have trusted completely."Theodore Dreiser
"The human soul yearns for connection, yet in connection, it often finds only disappointment."Theodore Dreiser
"One cannot live only for oneself."Edith Wharton
"Letters are the only substantial thing left to me in the world."Edith Wharton
"The greatest wealth is not in money, but in meaningful relationships."Edith Wharton
"Every human being is connected to all humanity by invisible threads."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"The heart of another is a dark forest, and no one can know its depths."Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Relationships are the scaffolding upon which we build our sense of self."Theodore Dreiser