Quotes Tagged "relationships"

We were ruined, permanently, and this was one of many signs to come, a message meant for me especially, glowing neon gas that said: LET HER GO.

But it’s not always plain sailing, even when you’ve found the right girl. You’ve got to be in it for the long haul. You never know what’s going to happen: you sign up for whatever comes along. There’s no backing out.

Love the women in your life. Let them bloom!

I find it fascinating that in all our exploring of the world's nooks and crannies, my three kids most loved the times we settled down and stayed somewhere awhile.

The virgins are certain there's a circle of hell dedicated to that fear you'll never find anyone else.

Amare non equivale ad essere innamorati. Innamorarsi significa pensare di non poter più fare a meno di una persona. Amare è averne l'assoluta convinzione.

Women don't want to be seduced. They want to be seen and listened to. You can't do either of those things if you're thinking up strategies on how to win her over.

Studies have shown a woman looking for a 'sense of humour' wants a man who makes jokes and who likes to laugh. A man looking for the same quality in a woman does not expect her to be funny; rather, he wants her to laugh at his jokes.

I condemn you. Yet my heart yearns towards you. I would go with you through the fires of death. Yet am happiest alone.

In every lifetime you are at the center of someone's universe.

Common danger made common friends.

I am sorry that our friendship, or whatever name one may give to the obsessive relationship which has bound us together for so many years, should end in this way. This is not the place to utter its elegy.

There is no destination in marriage. It is the journey that matters.

I get asked this question the most: “What’s your number-one tip for improving someone’s sex life?” My answer is always “Communication.

One day, someone will say “I love you” and you will hear “family”. That is a love worth surrendering to.

Most friendships are a sort of frozen and undeveloping semi-hostility.

I want to be cut off from people like Marloe. Being a real person oneself is a matter of setting up limits and drawing lines and saying no. I don't want to be a nebulous bit of ectoplasm straying around in other people's lives. That sort of vague sympathy with everybody precludes any real understanding of anybody . . . And it precludes any real loyalty to anybody.

My heart That is unaware of dreams Whispers your name From all the corners

He says nothing yet How do I understand everything Why does my soul vent out the anger At someone my heart adores Why do his words go straight To my heart and Deep into the soul Why does the time fail In telling the truth

I shall not attempt here to describe my marriage. Some impression of it will doubtless emerge. For the present story, its general nature rather than its detail is important. It was not a success. At first I saw her as a life-bringer. Then I saw her as a death-bringer. Some women are like that. There is a sort of energy which seems to reveal the world: then one day you find you are being devoured. Fellow victims will know what I mean. Possibly I am a natural bachelor.