Relationships Quotes
Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.
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"A person is oneself plus the same person he was yesterday, plus all those he loves."Marcel Proust
"Nothing is so obnoxious to a man as to lose the approval of a pretty woman."Marcel Proust
"Conversations are the most direct way to bridge the gaps between us."Marcel Proust
"Familiarity does not breed contempt; it breeds understanding."Marcel Proust
"I love fidelity. But not the fidelity that results from constraint and duty."André Gide
"One discovers affinities by way of their contrasts."André Gide
"Talent is something, but tact is everything."André Gide
"A man is more interesting than any book."André Gide
"The heart will not be ruled."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The heart of another is a dark forest which one enters at one's peril."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"We are bound together by invisible threads of sympathy and shared sorrow."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us."François Mauriac
"The greatest gift we can give another is to truly see them."François Mauriac
"The most interesting thing about a woman is her mind, unless she is beautiful, in which case it is her beauty."Anatole France
"Relationships are the friction that polishes the soul."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"A woman who is much beloved by men will forgive much in them."Henry James
"The greatest luxury is the luxury of being understood."Henry James
"In matters of the heart, we are all equally foolish and wise."Henry James
"The bonds that unite another person to ourself exist only in our mind."Marcel Proust
"A person remains unforgettable until we forget them."Marcel Proust
"The deepest relationships are built in silence."Marcel Proust
"Each person we meet carries entire worlds within them."Marcel Proust
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel all the pulls."André Gide
"Every person is an island and yet also a bridge to another island."André Gide
"Relationships are the mirror in which we see ourselves reflected; choose your mirrors wisely."Romain Rolland
"The relationship between two people is like a language; it must be constantly spoken to remain alive."Romain Rolland
"A man who 'keeps' a woman doesn't deserve her."Simone de Beauvoir
"I like being married. I hate being married."Simone de Beauvoir
"The greatest gift we can give one another is an understanding that transcends words."Anatole France
"Hell is other people"Jean-Paul Sartre