Relationships Quotes

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

20931 quotes

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"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"But I thought that I was not to like you."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, we're the same."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"She's turning a cold shoulder to every suitor that comes near her."
Nelly Dean
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"Better to be a little lowly, loved and respected for those humble qualities, than exalted among the millions who care for nothing about you"
Lucie Manette
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"She was his anchor in the storm, his light in the darkness"
The Narrator
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"Come away, mother! Come away!"
Pearl
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"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, we're the same."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Nelly Dean
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"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him."
Charlotte Lucas
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"There is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation."
Mr. Darcy
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"Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make people fond of each other in any time."
Mr. Bennet
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"It may be that you are not to blame for what has happened between us."
Estella
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"We violated our reverence each for the other, but let that pass."
Hester Prynne
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"She understands me better than I understand myself."
Arthur Dimmesdale
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"Whatever I do, he'll be glad to hear of my unhappiness."
Heathcliff
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"Some people are worth melting for."
The Narrator
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"I grew tired of their tragedies."
Dorian Gray
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"If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him."
Charlotte Lucas
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"I am not one of those young ladies who believe a man must be in love before he is accepted."
Charlotte Lucas
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"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well."
Mr. Darcy
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"I have never desired your good opinion, and you have certainly bestowed it unwillingly."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"I have not broken your heart—you have broken it."
Heathcliff
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"I am glad you are of a communicative disposition, for it has hitherto been my misfortune to have conversed with few people."
Jane Eyre
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"There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of thee."
Arthur Dimmesdale
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"The Nantucket mariner is quick to perceive a fraternity as old as ourselves."
Ishmael
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"One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry."
Lord Henry Wotton