Victor Hugo Quotes

Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.

Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment, we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen, for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches.

I'm a relationship girl, I like relationships, so I just miss being in one and chilling. And not dating.

Loving isn't liking and it takes liking to live together.

A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.

Man and woman are two locked caskets, of which each contains the key to the other.

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its own commonwealth, complete with anthems, rituals, and lingos-a cult of two with fallible gods.

You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still.

I believe that there is an important part of every human being that is defined in terms of their significant other: how we choose our partner, and how we behave when we are with them. And that is the part that interests me. How that part of the personality is forged doesn't just interest me, it fascinates me.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

I don't know if you're married, but sometimes there are times where one is really together with their partner. And then there are times when you're both just in your own thing, but you're there together.

Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

Just because you have chemistry with someone doesn't mean you're naturally going to be the best for each other. You have make choices and prioritize.

It's very different than it use to be. I think everybody has a lot more experience in how to be in a relationship - whether it's a marriage or a significant other or a business or a friend.

I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.

I don't have a bunch of mates. I don't have a man cave. My wife and I, we are each other's best friend.