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
"Relationships reveal who we truly are beneath pretense."
Émile Zola
"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