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Quotes tagged “Human Relationships”

“She did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughter-House Five
Tagged: breakup, Relationships, What It Means To Be Human, Human Relationships, human affairs
“As individuals each of us is extremely isolated, while at the same time we are linked by a prototypical memory.”
— Haruki Murakami, Kafka On The Shore
Tagged: People, humans, Relationships, individuals, solitary, Human Relationships, Life
“We all need someone to look at us. We can be divided into four categories according to the kind of look we wish to live under. The first category longs for the look of an infinite number of anonymous eyes, in other words, for the look of the public.

The second category is made up of people who have a vital need to be looked at by many known eyes. They are the tireless hosts of cocktail parties and dinners. They are happier than the people in the first category, who, when they lose their public, have the feeling that the lights have gone out in the room of their lives. This happens to nearly all of them sooner or later. People in the second category, on the other hand, can always come up with the eyes they need.

Then there is the third category, the category of people who need to be constantly before the eyes of the person they love. Their situation is as dangerous as the situation of people in the first category. One day the eyes of their beloved will close, and the room will go dark.

And finally there is the fourth category, the rarest, the category of people who live in the imaginary eyes of those who are not present. they are the dreamers.”
— Milan Kundera, via Amazon
Tagged: People, judging eyes, perceived by others, Judged, Human Relationships
“Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that's the only way we can keep the tree alive. It's hard and it hurts, but it's what's best.”
— Nicole Williams, Lost & Found
Tagged: Relationships, Love & Relationships, Human Relationships, socialization, Friendship, Cutting People Off, cutting ties, Life
“Somewhere
someone
thinks they love
someone else
exactly like
I
love you.
Somewhere
someone shakes
from the ripple
of a thousand butterflies
inside a
single stomach.
Somewhere
someone
is packing their
bags
to see the world
with someone
else.
Somewhere
someone
is reaching through
the most
terrifying few
feet of space
to hold the
hand
of someone
else.
Somewhere
someone
is watching
someone else’s
chest
rise and fall
with the
breath
of slumber.
Somewhere
someone
is pouring
ink like blood
onto pages
fighting
to say the truth
that has
no words.
Somewhere
someone
is waiting
patient
but exhausted
to just
be
with someone
else.
Somewhere
someone
is opening
their eyes
to a sunrise
in someplace
they have never
seen.
Somewhere
someone
is pulling out
the petals
twisting the
apple stem
picking up
the heads up penny
rubbing the
rabbits foot
knocking on
wood
throwing
coins into
fountains
hunting for
the only clover
with only 4 leaves
skipping over
the cracks
snapping the
wishbone
crossing their
fingers
blowing out
the candles
sending dandelion
seeds into the
air
ushering eyelashes
off their thumbs
finding the first
star
and waiting for
11:11 on
their clock
to spend their
wishes
on someone
else.
Somewhere
someone
is saying
goodbye
but somewhere
someone else
is saying
hello.
Somewhere
someone
is sharing their first
or their last
kiss
with their
or no longer their
someone
else.
Somewhere
someone
is wondering
if how they feel
is how the other
they
feels about them
and if both theys
could ever become
a they
together.
Somewhere
someone
is the decoder ring
to all of
the great mysteries
of life
for someone
else.
Somewhere
someone
is the treasure map.
Somewhere
someone
thinks they love
someone else
exactly like
I
love you.
Somewhere
someone
is wrong.”
— Tyler Knott Gregson, Somewhere, Someone
Tagged: People, humans, Human Connection, human affairs, Human Relationships, Relationships, Human Experience, Living, Experience, Life
“Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them.”
— Unknown, via philosiblog.com
Tagged: People, persons, Human Connection, Human Relationships, Relationships
“There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.”
— Anton Chekhov, Letter to his brother, A.P. Chekhov
Tagged: Sincerity, heart, Human Relationships, Silence, Simplicity
“We don’t have the right to change anyone else, and no one else has the right to change us. If we are going to change, it is because we want to change, because we don’t want to suffer any longer.”
— Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book
Tagged: Change, Human Relationships
“Embrace a philosophy of pessimism. Every human will disappoint you, and you'll do the same to them.”
— Alain de Botton, Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
Tagged: Marriage, Human Relationships, Bad Friendship, Real Friendship

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