Relationships Quotes

“Romance is the dance of two souls finding rhythm in each other’s imperfections, creating a melody only their hearts can hear.”
― Ayoub Imilouane, Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh

“...I didn't want to lose you and now you're saved and everything is fiiiiiiiiiiine!"

Everything was evidently not fine.”
― Olivia Waite, Murder by Memory

“The problem is that the spoiling of men is continued by marital expectation. Even in the most unconventional of set-ups, the free-thinking liberal man expects his woman to be at home serving his emotional needs when she may prefer to be free to do other things.”
― Paloma Faith, MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

“Loving words are seeds planted in the heart, growing gardens of trust and tenderness.”
― Ayoub Imilouane, Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh

“Empathy is the quiet art of stepping into another’s world — not to fix, but to understand and share their heartbeat.”
― Ayoub Imilouane, Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh

“Those who forgive a cheater gets cheated again.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Love comes when you least expect it. So, it pays not to expect it.”
― Jack Freestone

“From now on, they could never be strangers again.”
― Saekisan, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Vol. 4

“It’s better to speak up and argue than to let silence build anger inside.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“What I hadn't considered before it came up in therapy is: am I even able to make room for a male to help me? I think I view it as co-dependency or a robbery of my independence. I think as women, we definitely experience men putting in much less that we would like them to and we can opt for a single existence, but can we accept help? Can we truly invite it in when some (I admit: few) men are willing to give it?”
― Paloma Faith, MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

“When the man who was initially my boyfriend transitioned into my husband, it was as if overnight he expected my role in his life to change. He complained that I didn't spend enough time at home (I was out working a lot), he complained that my ambitions overpowered my duty as a his 'wife'. Well I cut and run as soon as I heard that rhetoric but I am aware that many women don't. We perpetuate the servitude to male need. It is important to add that I know plenty of men with moths who absolutely didn't spoil their songs but somehow society seems to still give licence for them to receive the 'special treatment' anyway. They genuinely feel justified in thinking that their contribution to family, society or the home is enough while we women are left feeling we aren't 'doing enough'. It's ingrained in generation after generation. Most of my relationships have been with evolved modern men who claim to think their relationship with me has been balanced and equal. But I have to differ on this. There is an invisible expectation of women to mother them...”
― Paloma Faith, MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

“When the man who was initially my boyfriend transitioned into my husband, it was as if overnight he expected my role in his life to change. He complained that I didn't spend enough time at home (I was out working a lot), he complained that my ambitions overpowered my duty as a his 'wife'. Well I cut and run as soon as I heard that rhetoric but I am aware that many women don't. We perpetuate the servitude to male need. It is important to add that I know plenty of men with mothers who absolutely didn't spoil their sons but somehow society seems to still give licence for them to receive the 'special treatment' anyway. They genuinely feel justified in thinking that their contribution to family, society or the home is enough while we women are left feeling we aren't 'doing enough'. It's ingrained in generation after generation. Most of my relationships have been with evolved modern men who claim to think their relationship with me has been balanced and equal. But I have to differ on this. There is an invisible expectation of women to mother them...”
― Paloma Faith, MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

“By learning to be with myself I may be able to learn to have healthier relationships in future. I've always wanted to be looked after, but instead I did too much looking after. I've always wanted to be supported, but I did too much supporting. I don't even know if I understand how to accept help. I certainly don't know how to ask for it. So, it is with that in mind right now I need to learn to be still with myself, to be bored of myself, to validate myself. It's time to work on the most important relationship I will ever have and the one I've neglected the most: me.”
― Paloma Faith, MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

“The other thing is, I am not desperate enough to compromise for a relationship...I actually like my own company. I like my own space. I like doing what I want!”
― Paloma Faith, MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

“Nobody is going to make an effort to understand you if you don't respect them.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“You trust them without any doubt, and they hurt you without any shame.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Despite the best efforts of those around me, I still found plenty of ways to get myself into trouble. One time, I got salmonella by drinking the water from our fishbowl. Another time, I nearly electrocuted myself poking power outlets with my finger.”
― Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

“My whole family...spoke of this "Canada" as if it were some sort of idyllic paradise, a place of abundant snacks and endless affection....Looking back, it felt kind of cult-y, like gospel from the Church of Canadology that I was supposed to just accept.”
― Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

“...maybe China has been the punching bag of the West for a very, very long time, and that nothing is gained from the continued demonization of its people...of my people. If you can accept that a single country can give birth to both a Donald Trump and a Donald Glover, a Steve Carell and a Stone Cold Steve Austin, you shouldn't have any difficulty accepting that the 1.3 billion people who call China home are just as varied in their ideologies and philosophies.”
― Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

“The university actually had to institute a curfew prohibiting students from studying after 9:30 p.m. because they were beginning to develop very unhealthy sleep habits. When even that did not discourage them from studying in secret, the school simply cut all electrical power to all the classrooms when the clock struck half past nine.”
― Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

“Hearing my mother's crestfallen and utterly disappointed voice confirmed what I had suspected all along -- that neither she nor my dad actually cared about me. There were no words of reassurance...and certainly no "I love you." All she cared about was that I had failed.”
― Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

“I thought about my mom, but I had good thoughts. Her smile, the bedtime stories she would read me when I was a kid, the way she would tell me not to let the bedbugs bite.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“Her voice is like a tinkling bell, bright and beguiling, but if you don't know better, it'll suck you in, like those sirens making a snack out of Odysseus's homeboys.”
― Elise Bryant, It's Elementary

“I remember now I felt them die....things got rather scrambly and now they're just there, a bland spot interrupting all my comfortable scans. The ship made a noise of profound unhappiness. It itches.”
― Olivia Waite, Murder by Memory

“Gloria's office...was sleek and cold an gray. Just like Gloria's suit -- or, I thought privately, like Gloria's heart. Meticulous as a shark in pursuit of what she wanted. heedless of the damage done to anyone else.”
― Olivia Waite, Murder by Memory

“Gloria's office...was sleek and cold and gray. Just like Gloria's suit -- or, I thought privately, like Gloria's heart. Meticulous as a shark in pursuit of what she wanted, heedless of the damage done to anyone else.”
― Olivia Waite, Murder by Memory

“One-sided love looks pure, but feels painful.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Respect isn’t too much to ask for unless you are asking the wrong person.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Betrayal hurts, but knowing who was betraying hurts even more.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Ignoring your emotions doesn’t solve anything. But it does give pain more space to grow.”
― Garima Soni, Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote