“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“Nobody deserves to fall asleep at night wondering why they weren't enough.”— Amaan Shaikh, facebook.com
“Don’t be afraid of losing people, be afraid of losing yourself trying not to lose someone else.”— Unknown, facebook.com
“He likes staying in with you. He doesn’t mind skipping the crazy drinking night out with his buddies because he would rather spend time with you! You are his first priority and he chooses to leave his wild bachelor days behind.”— Egg Chill, eggchill.com
“As much as I wish we'd met when I was older and more mature, I know if I hadn't had you with me when I did then I wouldn't be the person I am today.”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com
“How we feel lonely, sometimes to a point of tears, but we don't let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don't say anything because we're frozen with fear of what those words might do to the relationship.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“It's better to be single with standards than in a relationship settling for less.”— PinoyBanatRepublik™, twitter.com
“If your partner is actually asking you to back off, then for heaven’s sake, BACK OFF. For any relationship to thrive, both people need the opportunity to rest and recharge away from each other. You can’t make them love you more by trying to spend every waking moment with them. You’ve got to give the…”— Elizabeth Stone, thoughtcatalog.com
“You need constant relationship status updates. 'What are we?' 'Where is this going?' If you are asking for weekly relationship updates, you're going to drive your partner away.”— Drew Schroeder, familyshare.com
“Sometimes I get tired. Sometimes I get bored. And sometimes all I want, more than anything else in the world, is to go on a freaking date.”— Kiersten White, amazon.com
“As you get older, you can energetically feel the difference between people who love you and those who care at their convenience.”— Unknown, deeplifequotes.com
“You need to see that he feels a certain way that he can’t have you. The fact that you are still living a life outside of him should piss him off. The fact that you do go a day without talking to him should frustrate him. The idea that you aren’t exclusively dating him should make him jealous. None”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“He doesn’t take you on real dates. If your dates consist of you going over to his place and watching a movie or you cooking for him, then he isn’t taking you or the relationship very seriously.”— Sabrina Alexis, anewmode.com
“To live in a victim place is pointing a finger at someone else, as if you have no control. Relationships are two people; everyone is accountable. A lot goes into a relationship coming together, and a lot goes into a relationship falling apart. She'd say, 'Even if it's 98 percent the other person's f…”— Jennifer Aniston, vanityfair.com
“Don't kid yourself into thinking that sex will turn a casual hookup into a relationship. The only thing that leads to a relationship is caring deeply about each other, and that doesn't have anything to do with when you lose your virginity.”— Kim Tranell, seventeen.com
“I haven’t been myself lately, but I love you. Nothing about that has changed, and nothing ever will.”— George Mastras, Walter White, Bryan Cranston, amazon.com
“I love that word "relationship". Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country but we're…”— Hugh Grant, The Prime Minister, amazon.com
“Unrealistic expectations don't lead to Happily Ever After. They lead to the land of perpetual disappointment. So enjoy romance all you want, but don't romanticize your relationship.”— Mélanie Berliet, thoughtcatalog.com
“We can own our agency in exploring our relationship patterns without resorting to victim-blaming. Healing from narcissistic abuse or a lifetime of trauma requires that we unravel both types of wounds layered upon each other – past and present.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com