Mary Elizabeth Braddon Quotes

I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.

Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

It's amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.

Last night you left me and slept your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn and turn. I say, 'You and I will be together till the Universe dissolves.' You mumble back things you thought of when you were drunk.

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

I think it can be fun to write about relationships just because so many people can relate to what you are feeling.

A lot of 'Time' was actually about a friend's relationship and me seeing what she went through and how she felt.

The best thing in the world is to put two characters who hate each other side by side. Or put two people who love each other far away, so they have to reach for each other with their looks.

Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than--broken down.

Love happens when people forgive.

To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.

Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.

Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

I thought my character definitely was very much in love with him and wanted to be with him, but I think at some point they were going to have to draw the line.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.

Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.