#relationships

I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#how #i #just #like #machine

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership. ↗

— Carson Daly

#healthy #i #i think #idea #important

Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance." "I'm afraid not." Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He glanced at me with distaste. "As much as I dislike certainupstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on—it is that you were a TERRIBLE father. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hades #kronos #family

I am in favor of community policing because it builds better working relationships with the communities. ↗

— Vincent Frank

#because #better #builds #communities #community

exemplar, n. It's always something we have to negotiate- the face that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I have something to live up to, and if I fail, I still have a family to welcome me home. You have a storyline to rewrite, and a lack of faith that it can ever be done. You love my parents, I know. But you never get too close. You never truly believe there aren't bad secrets underneath. ↗

— David Levithan

#love #parents #relationships #faith

Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#attraction #creative #happens #hate #i