Quotes on “relationships”

Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.

We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that.

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.

You Can't Lose Something You Never Had

He knew me in all the ways that truly mattered: the shape of my fears, the contours of my dreams.

Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do.

People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing.

People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

But it is impossible to go through life without trust; that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.