Tracy McMillan Quotes

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

Free love never works.

I let go of the notion of wanting someone to ignore the way I look in order to find me attractive, because really, what kind of relationship would that be? One where someone's only attracted to you because they're ignoring a fundamental part of you? No thanks.

It's easier being with somebody who's got some sense.

I think just... never date anyone who doesn't accept you, and don't change for them. They aren't going to change for you.

My experience of what a loving relationship is like rings true with a lot of people I meet. I have a theory that the people you meet, one way you choose them, is their suitability for you in that particular matter. Attitudes toward friendship and marriage are in many cases closely aligned.

I want everybody to love me because I want to love back.

When women are trying to keep a man, just make sure it's a man that you want to keep. You know, he might be cute and drives this type of vehicle and has a nice little bank account, but is he really somebody that you would want?

A lot of times, in our culture and our society, we put romantic love somehow on a higher plane than self-love and friendship love. You can't do that. You have to honor and really fully invest in all these different loving relationships.

We women are fools to do so much for the man we love. And we forget to stand for ourselves.

I know I'm wonderfully made, and nobody can take that away from me. So regardless of what I show you or expose to you, you don't have any bearing on my worth and what I mean.

Romantic love is a trap designed to get two people to overlook each other's faults long enough to get some babymaking done. It generally only lasts for a few years at most.

We all fall in love with someone for the person they are - not because of their race, their hair, or any of the frivolous things that go away in time.

Many people get into a relationship as a way to compensate for something they lack or hate within themselves. This is a one-way ticket to a toxic relationship because it makes your love conditional - you will love your partner as long as they help you feel better about yourself.

Once we accept our own basic worthiness we cannot help but see the basic worthiness of every other human.

You can love someone and not be able to live together.

I'm not sure a pretty and stupid man might be the key to a happy relationship.

I think every time you go through a difficult relationship, you realize more and more about what you will and you won't have in your next relationship - what you deserve and what you don't deserve.

It means so much to be able to share myself with the world.

I think it's very important for young women, young people and older people as well, to know that love is important, but it's also important to find a partner who respects you and loves you the way you deserve to be treated.

I have been in relationships, and I felt that I was in love, but I don't know if love lasts forever.

I think we have a normal father-and-son relationship. But like any other relationship, we have our differences. But we always seem to work out our differences. Believe it or not, our personalities are similar. We're both fiery and passionate.

I am quite close to my mother. In fact, I speak to her every day.

Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.

If you can't love me the right way, then don't love me at all. Don't be mad at me because I prefer to be happy.