405 quotes found
“Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be...”
“She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.”
“I look at him with the nostalgic affection men are said to feel for their wars, their fellow veterans. I think, I once threw things at this man. I threw a glass ashtray, a fairly cheap one which di...”
“You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.'Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swin...”
“In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs”
“Hating hurts the hater the most. Hating is not a salve for the wounded soul, it is an abrasive that keeps the soul wounded and raw and oversensitive.”
“Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.”
“Sometimes you met someone that changed the pattern, who wormed their way past the cracks in your heart, caulked them up, sealed themselves in, and stayed there. Sometimes they did it by insisting y...”
“my only complaints are two:that I didn't make myself readyfor you sooner in life, thatI can't give you better,Love you more.”
“Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.”
“Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair.”
“Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked.”
“I used to want you so bad, I'm so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!”
“If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide,By self-example mayst thou be denied.”
“Happy wife, happy life.”
“What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and you...”
“It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.”
“I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each others well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.”
“Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.”
“Understand the nature and influence of repeating patterns, from childhood experiences or even from past lives. Wthout understanding, patterns tend to repeat, unnecessarily damaging the relationship.”
