Quotes about Relationship

If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.

That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him. What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another. Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing.

And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant

Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically one can be a father at twelve.

Emotionlessly she kissed me in the vineyard and walked off down the row. We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked up at each other for the last time.

It wasn't a typical 'Let's go play catch in the backyard' sort of father-son relationship. We always went to job sites with him.

I do believe there are things that we desire that are not in the cards. But more often than not, when people have a desire for a relationship and it's not happening, there are probably issues to be resolved and issues people could work on that would ultimately end in that desire being fulfilled.

The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.