Quotes about Relationships
All's fair in love and war.
— Anne Frank
it's better for unkind words to be down on paper than for Mother to have to carry them around in her heart
— Anne Frank
Can you tell me why people go to such lengths to hide their real selves? Or why I always behave differently when I'm in the company of others? Why do people have such little trust in one another? I know there must be a reason, but sometimes I think it's horrible that you can't confide in anyone, not even those closest to you.
— Anne Frank
Love finds a way.
— Anne Frank
Peter was the ideal boy: tall, good-looking and slender, with a serious, quiet and intelligent face. He had dark hair, beautiful brown eyes, pale cheeks and a nicely pointed nose. I was crazy about his smile, which made him look so boyish and mischievous.
— Anne Frank
Really, it's not easy being the badly brought-up center of attention of a family of nitpickers.
— Anne Frank
But there's one thing I can't do, and that's to love Mother with the devotion of a child. I soothe my conscience with the thought that it's better for unkind words to be down on paper than for Mother to have to carry them around in her heart.
— Anne Frank
Part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in love. You have to teach them the very basics of emotional literacy. You have to teach them how to be there for you, and part of me feels tender toward them and gentle, and part of me is so afraid of them, afraid of any more violation.
— Anne Lamott
It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.
— Anne Lamott
You don't want to spend your time around people who make you hold your breath. You can't fill up when you're holding your breath. And writing is about filling up, filling up when you are empty, letting images and ideas and smells run down like water - just as writing is also about dealing with the emptiness.
— Anne Lamott
One of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people.
— Anne Lamott
I recognize the divinity in you, but actually more like, I recognize our each-otherness, instantly
— Anne Lamott