Relationships Quotes

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

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"I desired the company of a man who could sympathize with me."
Mary Shelley
"All was lost by my unhappy marriage."
Mary Shelley
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"Relationships require both truth and compassion."
Charlotte Brontë
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"In the rush of life's concerns, we must never forget our obligations to others."
Charles Dickens
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"The art of being a good listener is as difficult as the art of being a good speaker."
Charles Dickens
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"Women are at once the most powerful and most helpless creatures."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty for a prize of doubtful value."
Honoré de Balzac
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"It is the women who love women; the men love only themselves."
Honoré de Balzac
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"A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth on both sides."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Every woman is an actress in the theatre of love."
Honoré de Balzac
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"The strongest chains are forged from the softest affections."
Honoré de Balzac
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"There are chords in the human heart which had better not be awakened."
Victor Hugo
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"Caresses, expressions of one kind or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree."
Victor Hugo
"The human heart is like Indian rubber; a little mishandling of it is apt to leave a permanent defacement."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Romance is the poetry of the senses and the language of the heart."
Alexandre Dumas
"We are bound together by invisible threads."
Mary Shelley
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"Relationships reveal who we truly are beneath pretense."
Émile Zola
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"Relationships are the crucible where souls test themselves."
Émile Zola
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"In the game of love, a woman always has the advantage."
Honoré de Balzac
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"A secret shared is no longer a secret; it is a rumor waiting to spread."
Honoré de Balzac
"Relationships require patience, kindness, and understanding."
William Wordsworth
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"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Victor Hugo
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"Relationships are the most precious things we have."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Relationships require effort and care."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"We cannot live only for ourselves."
Mary Shelley
"The heart of a woman is an abyss of secrets."
Mary Shelley
"The greatest gift is to be truly seen by another."
Mary Shelley
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"In relationships, honesty is the foundation upon which trust is built."
Alexandre Dumas
"To understand is to love."
Gustave Flaubert
"The heart is an instrument that plays false."
Gustave Flaubert