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b74e3a1 He smiled as he imagined the composite Jamie/Isabel, who would play the bassoon, read philosophy, interfere in other people's affairs rather too much, drive a green Swedish car and make legendary potatoes Dauphinoise. relationships Alexander McCall Smith
a71257d "The author describes Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn as "seldom at ease without a gavel in his hand." job relationships vocation Robert A. Caro
29c9372 Life is like a river: nothing is ever the same, even for an instant. life relationships self-help the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
d6d68cf And I dare to believe that it really is. I dare to bet on us again. dare gamble love relationships second-chances Lisa Renee Jones
b6a3d91 I was familiar with the little mating rituals of getting to know each other, of dragging out the stories from childhood, summer camp, and high school, the famous humiliations, and the adorable things you said as a child, the familial dramas--of having a portrait of yourself, all the while making yourself out to be a little brighter, a little more deep than deep down you knew you actually were. And though I hadn't had more than three or four relationships, I already knew that each time the thrill of telling another the story of yourself wore off a little more, each time you threw yourself into it a little less, and grew more distrustful of an intimacy that always, in the end, failed to pass into true understanding. identity love nicole-krauss relationships Nicole Krauss
28d9593 Their walking relationship was unnatural, but they were too fearful to seat themselves at a restuarant to share a meal, for they knew that restaurants in our country are the principal target of the active and increasingly familiar morals committees that harass people of every nationality who live in Saudi Arabia. Such committees are composed of menancing men who unexpectedly surround and enter eating establishments, demanding identification of the restaurant patrons. If proof is not forthcoming that the men and women sharing a table are not husband and wife, brother or sister, or father and daughter, these frightened people will be arrested and escorted to a city gaol, with punishment freely given. The legal penalties vary according to the nationality of the 'criminal'. Muslim offenders can be flogged for their social misconduct, while non-Muslims are gaoled or deported. feminism muslim oppression relationships royal-family society women Jean Sasson
db1de94 School in itself is a microcosm of society. These kids bring a lot of baggage with them, and as teachers with 30 plus kids in your classroom you have to take the time to get to know them, and not just see them as people you have to teach. And if they want to learn they will learn, and if they don't want too then too bad. But you have to see them as your surrogate children. Charles Chuck Mackey, former vice principal and coach of R. M. Bailey Pacers... children classroom education homeroom-teachers learning microcosm-of-society relationships school-principals schools students surrogate-children teachers Drexel Deal
f91b93c Fool! Never wait on a man! Let him wait on himself! grandmother love man-and-woman relationships V.C. Andrews
27a5436 a single outburst does not produce a difficult relational environment. It is only when a parent [or anyone] repeatedly and regularly uses anger to close conversations, in the broadest sense of 'conversation,' that a dilemma is framed. When a parent [or partner] uses anger or the threat of anger to dominate the emotional atmosphere, then even potentially good conversations with them lose spontaneity, openness and honesty. anger attack domination emotional-abuse parents relationships spouses Terri Apter
dc9fa90 Every relationship is an education. Each new person we welcome into our hearts is a chance to evolve into something radically different than we used to be. relationships Brian K. Vaughan
dd2b6fd Life's tempering and altering process often takes the form of adversity, and, as far as outward appearances are concerned, seems to be working against us when it is actually working for us. inspiration life love relationships the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
dda79f0 Once an event has taken place, since you cannot alter the past, all that is left to you is your response. laws-of-love relationships Chris Prentiss
6595042 To have the beautiful relationship you want, you and your partner must share your life stories with each other, holding nothing back. That sharing includes any past experiences of brutality, traumas, rape, incest, and emotional or mental torture of any kind that either of you has experienced as well as the wonderful memories you each cherish. relationships self-help Chris Prentiss
e1ed2a4 ... all decisions and actions that will affect your relationship must be made by answering this single question: Will the action I am considering have a negative impact on my relationship? If the answer is yes, don't do it. laws-of-love relationships Chris Prentiss
a7ed2cb Ah, Chantal... Now I think I know how it feels to fly on a trapeze. love relationships Madeleine Brent
b593120 "You're the only person who means anything to me in the whole world, you're all I've got..." "Well then you've got nothin." love meaning nothing relationships Garth Ennis
1cc4ea0 "In his 1964 talk on feminism, Winnicott says something he's been saying all along. "...We find that the trouble is not so much that everyone was inside and then born, but that at the very beginning everyone was on a woman." Winnicott sees this dependence as the root of misogyny--though he never uses that word. Perhaps, like Woolf with "feminism," he felt plain language was more persuasive. "The awkward fact remains, for men and women, that each was once dependent on a woman, and somehow a hatred of this has to be turned into a kind of gratitude if full maturity of the personality is to be reached." family feminism misogyny parents relationships Alison Bechdel
e57a58e Dear God, I don't want my fear to be a barrier to the blessings you are trying to bestow. Cast out my fear, and help me to trust your perfect love. But also grant me a full measure of wisdom. Do not let me be led astray by my own desires. If it is not your will that I pursue a relationship with Levi, I pray that you will stop me. Make your message so clear that I cannot argue it away. Protect me, Lord, and show me the way I should go. faith-quotes godly-woman historical inspirational prayer relationships religion wisdom Karen Witemeyer
92961b1 In the eyes, heart, and mind of the one you love and who you want to love you, you will become, in essence, a new person. love relationships the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
e80fc52 Each of us is different and has different needs. In addition, our needs change over the course of our relationship. When you are committed to an enduring relationship with someone, you aren't simply concerned about having your needs met. You also go out of your way to care for your loved one, being aware of and adaptable to their changing needs. chris-prentiss inspiration life love relationships self-help the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
918722d "What do you call the weak point?" He paused. "The fact that the average American looks down on his wife." humor marriage relationships undine-spragg weak-point Edith Wharton
e937e0c You can easily see that if you are regularly nasty to your loved one, it won't be long before cause and effect sets in and undermines your relationship. The reverse is also true: if you are unceasingly caring and loving to your loved one and act with the Laws of Love in mind, you will be deeply loved in return and your relationship will thrive. relationships the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
821fc1f The basic rules of male-female relations were imparted atmospherically in our family, no direct speech allowed. male-female-relationships men-and-women poem poetry relationships sex Anne Carson
15a0482 I suppose we never know what we have the capacity to forgive until we're truly tested. friendships relationships trials wisdom Elise Broach
1548d8a We help our clients discover and correct the underlying conditions that are causing them to self-medicate, to seek relief in substances and addictive behavior. relationships the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
901d20b But that was the nature of relationships: there always seemed to be an imbalance of one sort or another. julian-barnes power-dynamics relationship-dynamics relationships the-only-story Julian Barnes
5e2fc04 Do you believe in chaos- in random, uncontrolled events, in the idea that anything can happen at any time without fixed laws governing it? If you believe that, you will always be in a state of fear, not knowing what will happen from one moment to the next. The fear might be small, but it is there. That fear results in a lack of security and a feeling of mistrust. relationships self-help the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
8359f2c Other people were so unsuccessful at fending off love! Members of Congress who had affairs with their aides, or students who I'd known in college, girls who as freshmen declared themselves lesbians, then graduated with boyfriends- to give in to such love represents, for them, a capitulation or a betrayal, yet apparently the pull was so strong that they couldn't resist. That was what I didn't understand, how people made the leap from not mattering in each others' lives to mattering. relationships romance sexuality Curtis Sittenfeld
646a614 To preserve what you have, to keep your relationships alive and glowing, give generously- give of your time, you assets, your attention, your help, and your love. Give of yourself. laws-of-love relationships self-improvement Chris Prentiss
837ffed She's such a lovely woman, he'd tell me time and time again. I'd nod, because my mom is such a lovely woman. And charming and smart. Can't argue with any of that. She's also a fucking wack job. relationships Lisa Gardner
ac3ad4d By the end of the affair, she had acquired so much miserable information about men and women she almost decided to give up relationships for good. men relationships women Angela Carter
85b36d9 The partition between love and anger is thin. I suppose it's a need to protect the self from further wounding that makes people scream at the one they love. anger-and-love love relationships Sebastian Faulks
0e9b3c5 We shape each other to be human. humanity relationships Ursula K. Le Guin
0d3585d The relationship must come first or it will not last. laws-of-love relationships Chris Prentiss
0bc4f84 What you think of as your common sense in regard to relationships may be based on something you have come to believe that isn't totally true or may not be true at all. relationships self-help the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
564a193 What will allow you to enter the world of great relationships is living in accord with the simple but powerful Laws of Love. relationships the-laws-of-love Chris Prentiss
aee4b7d When you imagine yourself as a failure or as having insurmountable problems in your relationships or any part of your life, you think failure, act failure, and produce failure. failure laws-of-love relationships Chris Prentiss
01ec55c First-class relationships are possible only in an atmosphere of total trust. relationships self-help Chris Prentiss
b03dd10 There was a fine-tuning of Richard's and my temperaments during the years we lived with his heart disease, lymphoma, and lung cancer. Before, our differences had triggered sporadic tension; now our basic natures served us better. Our sensibilities and quirks evolved into something more shared and complex, more mingled. illness love relationships Kay Redfield Jamison
4f244c4 A diminished self-image will cause you to slouch, to avoid meeting others, to avoid looking others in the eye, to be unassertive, and to be indecisive. relationships self-image self-improvement Chris Prentiss
4ebd1f2 Usaldus pole mitte uksnes juhtimissuhete, vaid koigi suhete vundament. Sa ei saa mojutada inimesi, kes sind ei usalda. Sa ei saa rajada positiivseid suhteid inimestega, kui neil on sinust negatiivne pilt. Usaldus on liim, mis hoiab inimesi koos. relationships trust usaldus John C. Maxwell
4d34dd5 Dingen die eenmaal weg zijn, kunnen niet teruggehaald worden, dat wist hij nu wel. Een klap, eenmaal uitgedeeld, kan niet worden ingetrokken. Woorden, eenmaal uitgesproken, kunnen niet onuitgesproken worden gemaakt. We mogen verdergaan alsof er niets verloren, niets gedaan, niets gezegd is, we mogen beweren het allemaal te vergeten, maar ons diepste wezen vergeet niet, omdat we voor altijd veranderd zijn. relationships Julian Barnes
fcdd835 - Love, which is a kind of permission to come closer than ordinary norms of good behavior might usually sanction. - Back rubs. - Which enables us to see each other without clothes on, for example, in lust and shame. - Examining perfections, imperfections. - Which allows us to say wounding things to each other which would not be kosher under the ordinary rules of civilized discourse. love relationships romance Donald Barthelme
bccf5b9 She was her own Enigma Code and me and my dad were not Bletchley Park. mothers mysteries relationships understanding Jeanette Winterson
be369e1 At the critical juncture in all human relationships, there is only one question: What would love do now? No other question is relevant, no other question is meaningful, no other question has any importance to your soul. decisions decisions-in-life fork-in-the-road how-to-decide juncture love making-decisions relationships which-way-to-go Neale Donald Walsch
b8ff7e2 I have known both of you all your lives, have carried your Daddy in my arms and on my shoulders, kissed and spanked him and watched him learn to walk. I don't know if you've known anybody from that far back; if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on time and human pain and effort. Other people cannot see what I see whenever I look into your father's face, for behind your father's face as it is today are all those other faces which were his. Let him laugh and I see a cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember and I hear in his present laughter his laughter as a child. Let him curse and I remember him falling down the cellar steps, and howling, and I remember, with pain, his tears, which my hand or your grandmother's so easily wiped away. But no one's hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today, which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs. inspirational parenting relationships James Baldwin
06a73f6 Circumstances, luck, mutual need, affection and time played a part. No relationships were made in heaven. They were made because living things were looking for good company. And when you found good company, you valued it deeply and were responsible for its up-keep and well-being. relationships Robert Fulghum
4b5b364 The apartment is a laboratory in which we conduct experiments, perform research on each other. We discover Henry hates it when I absentmindedly click my spoon against my teeth while reading the paper at breakfast. We agree that it is okay for me to listen to Joni Mitchell and it is okay for Henry to listen to the Shaggs as long as the other person isn't around. We figure out that Henry should do all the cooking and I should be in charge of laundry and neither of us is willing to vacuum so we hire a cleaning service. married-life relationships Audrey Niffenegger
a2a1e4d Or perhaps it's the wickedness in him that she can't resist. There are such women. bad-men relationships Madeleine Brent
0061ca1 Humans have a tendency to look for things in the places where it is easiest to search for them rather than in the places where the truth is more likely to be found. relationships truth Esther Perel
2ed0e7b You stop talking about things when you've worked them out. You're no longer an observer but a participant. You're too busy for this bullshit. relationships Caitlin Moran
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