Relationships Quotes

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

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"The greatest distance in the cosmos is not between stars, but between human hearts."
Kris Kelvin
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"A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated."
Estraven
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"I have learned to speak your language, but not to feel your cold."
Genly Ai
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"Love and duty don't have to be in conflict."
Ryland Grace
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"We are bound to our pasts by invisible chains of love and regret."
Kris Kelvin
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"Communication creates connection, but also vulnerability."
Luo Ji
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"Before the operation I had friends but now that I'm intelligent they're afraid of me."
Charlie Gordon
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"Never trust a powerful ally"
Thufir Hawat
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"Betrayal comes from those closest to us"
Paul Atreides
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"We create what we need to destroy the loneliness within us."
Kris Kelvin
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"Relationships are the only true wealth."
The Consul
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"Every contact leaves a mark upon the soul."
Kris Kelvin
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"I had begun to suspect that what humans call 'love' is not a single thing but many things wearing the same name"
Klara
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"What is human contact but a desperate reaching in the dark?"
Kris Kelvin
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"Trust is a luxury we cannot afford on this train."
Colonel Arbuthnott
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"I loved her, but my intelligence created distance where there should be closeness."
Charlie Gordon
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"I am lost without my Boswell."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Fay saw only who I became, never who I was or who I'm becoming"
Charlie Gordon
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"Trust is the foundation of all worthy relationships."
Dr. John Watson
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"One cannot have true relationship with someone who is in prison."
Takver
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"I want people to like me, not respect me out of fear of my intelligence."
Charlie Gordon
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"To make a gift of oneself, one must first own oneself."
Shevek
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"A woman's heart is a deep mystery."
Dr. John Watson
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"Suspicion breeds suspicion."
Blore
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"A woman always seems to me to be of much more subtle and more dangerous qualities."
Sherlock Holmes
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"I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Relationships thrive without ownership or obligation"
Takver
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"Marriage can be a source of joy. But it can also be unspeakably lonely."
Nick Dunne
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"What are you thinking about?"
Nick Dunne
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"I'm like a sixteen-year-old boy's fantasy."
Amy Dunne