Bell Hooks Quotes

Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.

It seems to me that oftentimes in young relationships once there's a problem of some significance then it's almost like they're both racing for the dumper buzzer.

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.

Mixed messages are just part and parcel of the romantic terrain, and rather than berate yourself for any crossed wires, you'd do better to work on your future resilience.

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

I've been in many relationships in my life and learned a lot from them, good and bad.

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'

My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me.

People change their positions all the time, the way they change their wives.

Any relationship has its strengths and weakness.

Whenever I'm talking about relationships, it's always at least three things. It's my relationship with myself, my relationship with God or an idea, and then usually somebody, a real person. I try to operate on all three levels at the same time, and it's difficult, but I never want to have a break-up song or something like that.

The shreiking fight or the out-of-character insult endures forever, while the daily sweetness dissolves like sugar in water.

But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.

The battles, the fights, the bruises, the bites. That's the way true love grows.

You have to have a patience for relationships.

When people go through a fight, they're saying things because they hurt, and they want to hurt the person back. Sadly, that's the nature of a relationship. It's one moment where you aren't very adult, but that's how love and a certain passionate relationship exists. When you love someone, it doesn't mean you become a perfect human being, do you?

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.

No matter how far you take it with your friends, whether you're fighting with them or you hate them for two months, you just really need them, because they're the ones who teach you the most about yourself.

Ultimately it boils down to the same thing all relationships boil down to: eating humble pie. I sometimes eat quite a lot. But, however bitter it might taste, it's the best pie. It's on the menu constantly for both parties.

For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment.