Relationships Quotes

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

20931 quotes

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"Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art."
Don Quixote
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"The man she loved was not the same as the man she had married"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I count as nothing the existence of other people when compared with you"
Edmond Dantès
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"Whatever I have called myself, I am your man."
Estella
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"So unhappy as to want a wife."
Herbert Pocket
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"I wish you could have that pleasure too; but it is impossible for you - isn't it?"
Estella
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"The heart knows no social divisions."
Pip
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"You puzzle me exceedingly."
Mr. Darcy
M
"That is as it ought to be, for ladies have the advantage."
Mr. Darcy
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"Relationships require constant work and devotion."
Levin
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I wish you could invest yourself with more pleasantness"
Estella
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"You are too hasty, sir. You forget that I have made no answer."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Mr. Darcy is not at all in my good graces."
Elizabeth Bennet
M
"I am convinced that one either likes or dislikes at first sight."
Mr. Darcy
M
"You have said quite enough, madam."
Mr. Darcy
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"There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him."
Hester Prynne
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"Betrayal cuts deeper than any blade"
Edmond Dantès
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"One can't live only on love."
Dolly Oblonskaya
L
"Life becomes meaningful only through our relationships with others."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I am perfectly convinced by it that Mr. Darcy has not the smallest regard for me."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"That is no very striking compliment."
Elizabeth Bennet
M
"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me."
Mr. Darcy
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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
M
"I have nothing further to say. You could not hear me do myself justice."
Mr. Darcy
M
"My good qualities are under your protection."
Mr. Darcy
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"I cannot accept him. He is too disagreeable."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"There is very little intelligence between you, which will make the confinement still more irksome."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Alexei Vronsky