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Relationships70 quotes
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never. — William Shakespeare · 1600Relationships: easy to get into, hard to maintain. Why are they so hard to maintain? Cause it’s hard to keep up the lie. 'Cause you can't get nobody being you. You got to lie to get somebody. You can't get nobody lookin' like you look, actin' like you act, soundin' like you sound. That's right, when you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative! — Chris Rock · 1999Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1939We need in love to practice only this:
Letting each other go. For holding on
Comes easily; we do not need to learn it. — Rainer Maria Rilke · 1909I don't have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999You make me want to be a better man. — Melvin Udall · 1997All 70 quotes →Love10 quotes
Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1939My beloved is mine, and I am his. — Song of Solomon 2:16 · 965 BCWhatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. — Emily Bronte · 1847There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. — George Sand · 1862There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1915When love begins to sicken and decay
It useth an enforcèd ceremony. — William Shakespeare · 1599All 10 quotes →Men and women10 quotes
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never. — William Shakespeare · 1600Women always ready to settle down. Shit, a woman goes on four good dates, she's like "Why are we bullshittin'? What are you waiting for?" Men—never ready to settle down. Men don't settle down. We surrender. — Chris Rock · 1996When two people take each other on terms of perfect equality, without the desire of one to control the other, to make the other subservient, it is a beautiful thing. It is the truest and highest state of life. — Susan B. Anthony · 1896The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." — Genesis 2:18 · 1405 BCI said "biiiitch"… — Craig · 2012Jerry, this woman hates me so much, I’m starting to like her. — George Costanza · 1993All 10 quotes →Relationship challenges10 quotes
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another...upon familiarity will grow more content. — William Shakespeare · 1602You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to. — Sean · 1997You're not a bad person. You're a terrific person. You're my favorite person, but every once in a while, you can be a real cunt. — Bill (Kill Bill: Volume 2) · 2004By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying-
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying. — Dorothy Parker · 1937He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856You know friend, this is a god damn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation. — Jack Twist · 2005All 10 quotes →Broken relationships6 quotes
When love begins to sicken and decay
It useth an enforcèd ceremony. — William Shakespeare · 1599What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger. — Joel Barish · 2004A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood · 1972It will be different. If we could just give it another go-round. — Joel Barish · 2004I wish I had stayed, too. Now I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do. — Joel Barish · 2004Come back and make up a good-bye at least. Let's pretend we had one. — Clementine Kruczynski · 2004Marriage5 quotes
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another...upon familiarity will grow more content. — William Shakespeare · 1602Love...is not a big enough word. It's not a big enough word for how I feel about my wife. — Del Griffith · 1987In every house of marriage
there's room for an interpreter. — Stanley Kunitz · 1930A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood · 1972I shall never marry; I regard that now as an established fact, and on the whole a very respectable one; I am both happy enough and miserable enough, as it is, and don't wish to add to either side of the account. — Henry James · 1884Connecting with others3 quotes
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. — Emily Bronte · 1847There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. — George Sand · 1862I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times. — Celine · 2004Fading love3 quotes
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another...upon familiarity will grow more content. — William Shakespeare · 1602When love begins to sicken and decay
It useth an enforcèd ceremony. — William Shakespeare · 1599Are we like those bored couples you feel sorry for in restaurants? Are we the dining dead? — Joel Barish · 2004Courtship and dating2 quotes
Relationships: easy to get into, hard to maintain. Why are they so hard to maintain? Cause it’s hard to keep up the lie. 'Cause you can't get nobody being you. You got to lie to get somebody. You can't get nobody lookin' like you look, actin' like you act, soundin' like you sound. That's right, when you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative! — Chris Rock · 1999Happy’s the Wooing that’s not long a doing. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Gender relations2 quotes
Women always ready to settle down. Shit, a woman goes on four good dates, she's like "Why are we bullshittin'? What are you waiting for?" Men—never ready to settle down. Men don't settle down. We surrender. — Chris Rock · 1996I said "biiiitch"… — Craig · 2012Independence2 quotes
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. — Rainer Maria Rilke · 1902You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. — Kahlil Gibran · 1923Man as social animal2 quotes
Everybody needs a co-pilot. — Ryan Bingham · 2009There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences. — Wallace Stegner · 1967Vulnerability2 quotes
You don't know about real loss 'cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. — Sean · 1997Make sure to allow people to take care of you. — Mickalene Thomas · 2014Adam and Eve1 quote
The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." — Genesis 2:18 · 1405 BCAttraction1 quote
This woman hates me so much, I'm starting to like her. — George Costanza · 1993Being single1 quote
I don't have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999Breaking up1 quote
Elaine, breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can’t do it in one push. You gotta rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over. — Jerry Seinfeld · 1997Comfortable silence1 quote
That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence. — Mia Wallace · 1994Commitment (relationships)1 quote
I can settle down and be doin' just fine
Till I hear an old freight rollin' down the line,
Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you baby, but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me he made a ramblin' man. — Hank Williams · 1951Communication1 quote
In every house of marriage
there's room for an interpreter. — Stanley Kunitz · 1930Conflict in relationships1 quote
I said "biiiitch"… — Craig · 2012Courage1 quote
You don't know about real loss 'cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. — Sean · 1997Devotion1 quote
My beloved is mine, and I am his. — Song of Solomon 2:16 · 965 BCDifficult situations1 quote
You know friend, this is a god damn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation. — Jack Twist · 2005Divorce1 quote
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood · 1972Drugs1 quote
Personality, I mean, that's what counts, right? Personality, that's what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin. I mean, heroin's got great fucking personality! — Sick Boy · 1996Dysfunctional relationships1 quote
Jerry, this woman hates me so much, I’m starting to like her. — George Costanza · 1993Failed relationships1 quote
A relationship, I think, is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies, and I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark. — Alvy Singer · 1977Falling in love1 quote
Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention? — Joel Barish · 2004Familiarity breeds contempt1 quote
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another...upon familiarity will grow more content. — William Shakespeare · 1602