Quotes about Relationship

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.

Once become satisfied that a man loves you, and you will listen gladly to anything he has to say.

If a man own land, the land owns him.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

"So you want to become my son-in-law." "Not exactly. I just want to marry your daughter."

He is all fault who hath no fault at all. For who loves me must have a touch of earth.

Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into question at all, he is connected with God by prayer, and prayer on the basis of the Redemption sets the connection working and God gives life.

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.