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41 " One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and from expectations. Breaking attachments leads to freedom, but breaking attachments does not mean abandoning a loving and meaningful relationship, a relationship that nourrishes your soul. It means ending dependency on any person or thing. Love is never a dependency. "
― Brian L. Weiss , Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
42 " Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms. "
― Alice Hoffman , Local Girls
43 " You know a relationship has deteriorated past the point of salvage when one person detests another's gestures. "
― Josephine Humphreys , Rich in Love
44 " Disagreement is not necessarily a reason to head for Splitsville. In fact, a relationship without disagreement is probably too brittle to last. Some of the best human bonds are forged in the fire of disagreement. "
― Jerry Spinelli , Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself
45 " You wouldn't believe that so much could change just because a relationship ended. "
― Nick Hornby , About a Boy
46 " As they embrace, she kisses him full on the mouth. And suddenly sticks her tongue right in. She has done this before, often. It’s one of those drunken long shots which just might, at least theoretically, once in ten thousand tries, throw a relationship right out of its orbit and send it whizzing off on another. Do women ever stop trying? No. But, because they never stop, they learn to be good losers. "
― Christopher Isherwood , A Single Man
47 " I have to figure out why I worked at a job I hated for years. I have to find out why I can’t see what everyone else sees in me. I don’t feel beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I never saw beautiful. For this to happen to someone like me, it’s devastating, Jonas. I don’t want you to think it’s vanity, it isn’t. I can’t see me and I need to be able to do that. I need to find out what I’m like and what I want. I have to be comfortable in my own skin before I can be in a relationship the way you want. "
― Christine Feehan , Safe Harbor (Drake Sisters, #5)
48 " Women get into a relationship hoping a man will change, and he never does; men get into a relationship hoping the woman don't change, but she always does. Men want their partners to be consistent. That they won't make impromptu impossible demands nor baffle him with classically female sudden-onset hysterical behavior. "
49 " Ideally, of course, a relationship is best, but then how many people are capable of deep feeling? Practically none. "
― Gore Vidal , The City and the Pillar
50 " Regardless of whether a relationship brings us joy or sorrow, each relationship gives us the opportunity to grow stronger, nobler, and more compassionate with ourselves and others. "
― Tamela Rich
51 " People frequently point to communication as a problem, because its easy to notice, but usually it is a symptom of an underlying problem with a relationship posture. "
― , Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking about Human Interactions
52 " Women Empowerment Reminder of The Day. Always respect yourself as a woman. You attract what you are, so be very mindful of how you’re representing yourself. If you want respect, you must first learn how to respect yourself, first. Attracting negative attention is never a good thing. Be a woman of substance! Be a woman that both women and men respect, admire, and look up to. Don’t disrespect yourself by lowering your standards and accepting just anything that comes your way. It’s okay to be single! If you want a relationship of substance, you can’t keep entertaining people and things that mean you no good. Think about it! It’s all up to you. "
― Stephanie Lahart
53 " She knew breaking up with Ethan was going to be a full-time job because being in a relationship with him had also been a full-time job. "
― Richard Finney ,
54 " When one has let go of that great hidden agenda that drives humanity and its varied histories, then one can begin to encounter the immensity of one's own soul. If we are courageous enough to say, " Not this person, nor any other, can ultimately give me what I want; only I can," then we are free to celebrate a relationship for what it can give. "
55 " Even a friendship needs an effort from both sides, how can we expect a relationship to work from the effort of one..!! It should be a true-hearted commitment from both involve. "
― Akansh Malik , Love Heals Everything
56 " Whether our caretaker was our mom, dad, uncle, aunt, grandparent, foster parent, or sibling, our blueprint of what a relationship is supposed to look like is drafted by what we observed from our caretaker’s relationship. If our caretaker took their significant other back multiple times, made excuses for their actions, helped them battle demons, turned a blind eye to their infidelity, or moved from one relationship to the next, that is what we know. Their behavior becomes our very own model of what a relationship is supposed to look like and determines what we will expect from our own partners. "
― Kristen Crockett , The Gift of Past Relationships
57 " Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals, can participate in a relationship that, for the moment, is not of two isolated selves but a union "
― Rollo May
58 " A rewarding relationship occurs when there is a common spiritual goal, shared spiritual values and a mutual desire to build a relationship upon a spiritual foundation and for the purpose of connecting to the light of the creator. "
59 " Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live. "
― Leo F. Buscaglia , Loving Each Other
60 " More than anything I wish he were here with me. " A relationship is an accumulation of shared history," he'd said to me once. And here I was making history without him. It's lonely. And I can't wait to go home. Parts of me are showing through my Aqua, and I'm having a hard time keeping them separate. "