Relationship Hierarchy Quotes

given the nature of the human couple, the love of a man and a woman is a priori inferior to that which can exist (at least in the best instances) in the love between man and dog...It is a completely selfless love.

But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It is the only love that nothing - not even misconduct on our part - can take away from us.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

Friends are important, dontcha think? Hmmm? I think so. The way I see it, you got friends, and you got your best friend, big difference. To me, a friend's a guy who will help you move. A best friend's a guy who will help you move a body. That's how I look at it.

I love my husband more than I love my children.

We are called not to adjust ourselves to each other, but to adjust ourselves to God.

Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.

Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued.

I can't bail out on Cary," I said apologetically, turning to face him. "Chicks before dicks and all that.

The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front.

I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids.