#relations

I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me. ↗

— Marcia Gay Harden

#did #exists #family #favorite #i

Better guilt than the terrible burden of freedom and responsibility. ↗

— Ernest Becker

#guilt #relationships #death

Colin believed that the world contained exactly two kinds of people: Dumpers and Dumpees. A lot of people will claim to be both, but those people miss the point entirely: You are predisposed to either one fate or the other. Dumpers may not always be the heartbreakers, and the Dumpees may not always be the heartbroken." (1) breakup, (2) divorce, or (3) death. ↗

— John Green

#death

It avoids a self-conscious relationship to the act. We live in the most self-conscious society in the history of mankind. There are good things in that, but there are also terrible things. The worst of it is, that we find it hard to give ourselves to the cultural process. ↗

— Larry Harvey

#also #avoids #cultural #find #give

My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#been #even #i #just #long

Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can't you see who I truly am? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#broken-hearts #love #relationships #unrequited-love #anger

A little still she strove, and much repented, and whispering, "I will ne'er consent ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#relationships #love

Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been. ↗

— Paris Hilton

#being #every #grown #happier #i

Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in the African-American community. He raised me to not only understand the fundamentals of basketball and to try to be a player with a high basketball IQ, but he wanted me to understand that my image and my name meant more than stats. ↗

— Allan Houston

#african-american community #ago #basketball #community #especially

Being a successful couple was learning what you were willing to compromise on, and what you weren't; learning when to stand your ground, and when to give it up; what was truly important enough to fight over, and what was just you being pissy. You learned each other's hot buttons, the places that hurt, or angered, when you pressed them. Love makes you learn where all the pitfalls are, and how to avoid them, or how to set them off. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#relationships #anger