Quotes about Relationships

Better to have trouble with man than trouble with God.

Come away with me and be my wife." She gave a harsh laugh. "If you want a wife, send for one by mail, or wait for the next wagon train to cross the mountains." He came toward her. "I can give you a good life. I don't care how you got here or where you've been before. Come with me now.

Sooner or later you'll learn there are people in the world who don't want to use you, Now, buck up your courage and go back in there and get to know a few.

People either weigh you down or give you wings.

Everyone to whom she drew close left her. Sooner or later they walked away.

Angel lay in the darkness after Meribah left and worked over what she had said. Mama had worked to keep Alex Stafford's love alive. She had tried everything to please him and keep his passion alive. Angel wondered now if it hadn't been those very efforts that served to drive him away. Mama had been so hungry for his love. Her entire life had revolved around Alex Stafford's coming to the small cottage. Her happiness depended solely on him. It had been an obsession.

Falling in love meant you lost control of your emotions and your will and your life. It meant you lost yourself.

Right now love doesn't have an awful lot to do with feelings

Opening her eyes, she looked up at him and laughed. Look at us, quoting Scripture. Matthias loved the warmth in her eyes. My father was a preacher, but it was my mother who taught me the Bible. He tucked the strand of hair behind her ear. Never underestimate the importance of the woman who rocks the cradle.

It should be one of the tests," the old woman said. "Humans are almost always lonely.

What terrible things we do to those we love!

She said: "My Uncle Malky used to say that love was a bad bargain because you get no guarantees.