Quotes about Relationship

Be a good girl, she said. I hope you'll be a good sister to Laura. I know you try to be. I nodded. I didn't know what to say. I felt I was the victim of an injustice: why was it always me who was supposed to be a good sister to Laura, instead of the other way around? Surely my mother loved Laura more than she loved me.

I saw you as another god.

Besides, who would think of marrying a mothball? A question my mother put to me often, later, in other forms.

The protector was her, the greater power was her, the Universe that took an interest was her as well; always her. "I love you," I said.

Maybe you would be able to work it out together, as if the two of you were a puzzle that could be solved; otherwise, one of you, most likely the man, would go wandering off on a trajectory of his own, taking his addictive body with him and leaving you with bad withdrawal, which you could counteract by exercise.

she was beginning to emerge from the initial sex-induced coma created by him through

Hungry, and also sad. Maybe sadness was a kind of hunger, she thought. Maybe the two went together.

The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

Tell me what time you spend alone with God... and I'll tell you how spiritual you are.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention.

The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.