Stephanie Coontz Quotes

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing.

Of all the myriad ways we define love, there is perhaps none more honest and powerful than this: Great love is rooted in great partnership.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.

Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.

Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.

I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you.

I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

I've been really lucky to have had my fair share of relationships over the years and experiences to draw from. But I would say that I generally am not the one doing the heartbreaking.

I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.

Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.

A woman who is loved always has success.

I want someone who is my partner in life. Who supports me, and I support her. I can share all my experiences in life with her, and she can share hers back with me. Not only do we love each other, but we accept, embrace, nurture, and care for each other.

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.