Relationships Quotes

Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.

20931 quotes

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"I measure my worth not by the love I receive, but by the love I give."
Anna Akhmatova
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"All the people I love are dead or gone."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"Woman is a morsel for the gods when she's young, but she becomes a problem for the devil when she's old."
August Strindberg
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"Women wish to be loved without qualification, not to be always subjected to the test of their utility."
August Strindberg
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"In the union of man and woman lies the source of all creation."
August Strindberg
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"Jealousy is the greatest poison that can corrupt a relationship."
August Strindberg
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"In every love story, there is a grain of hatred."
August Strindberg
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"One can never be too careful in the choice of one's enemies."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The most important things in life are the connections we make with others."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Every relationship is a mirror that reflects our own character."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"In relationships, we find both our greatest joy and our deepest lessons."
Selma Lagerlöf
"Relationships are the laboratory where we learn who we truly are."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"What should we women be without our men to advise us, to guide us, to sustain us in the struggle?"
Henrik Ibsen
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"In relationships, vulnerability is not weakness but the deepest form of strength."
Boris Pasternak
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"How can you bear to look at me with those eyes? You are learning sorrow from me."
Anna Akhmatova
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"We seem to be strangers to each other, yet we know too well."
Anna Akhmatova
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"The beloved is a stranger we think we know completely."
Anna Akhmatova
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"The loved one becomes a mirror in which we see ourselves."
Anna Akhmatova
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"The beloved is a question we spend our lives trying to answer."
Anna Akhmatova
"Relationships are gardens that must be tended with care."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Relationships are the richness of life."
Maxim Gorky
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"I despise applause. I long for approval."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"Marriage is the beginning and the end of all relations, and marriage may be something quite inferior to friendship."
August Strindberg
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"In every relationship, there is a battle for power; the wise accept this truth."
August Strindberg
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"Every relationship contains the seeds of both growth and suffering."
August Strindberg
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."
Henrik Ibsen
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"To understand another, you must first understand yourself."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Relationships are the laboratory where the soul learns to love."
Boris Pasternak
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"I have never been able to understand why women are expected to like women simply because they are women."
Nikolai Gogol
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"I declare that the world would be better off with unlimited sexual freedom."
Maxim Gorky