Relationship Risks Quotes

Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself, a private pain that is as bittersweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up the passivity of simply being hurt and take on the responsibility of perpetrating hurt oneself.

Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

Love itself draws on a woman nearly all the bad luck in the world

The number-one rule of the road is never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself. You will break this rule, and you will be sorry.

Sex can lead to nasty things like herpes, gonorrhea, and something called relationships.

Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.

I don't want a boyfriend just for the sake of it. I don't trust most people out there. There's too much at risk and I don't need to be a notch on somebody's bedpost. I'll flirt with you all night long, but then it's buh, bye!

I felt like if I wasn't sharing myself physically, I would actually get a chance to see the downfalls of my partner. I would be able to minimize my intake of being disappointed.

Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.

Here's my advice to you: don't marry until you can tell yourself that you've done all you could, and until you've stopped loving the women you've chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise you'll be cruelly and irremediably mistaken. Marry when you're old and good for nothing...Otherwise all that's good and lofty in you will be lost.

Dating is the social engagement with the threat of sex at its conclusion.

My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact.

People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.

When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.

There's always a time in a relationship when you can pull back. Three years ago when I realized I was falling for a guy with a complicated medical history, I decided not to exit. Believe me, I made the right decision.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.

I love women. I love 'em to death, but sometimes you have to be careful. Sometimes these women out here play games, too.

Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes, but no one escapes with their self-regard intact.

Always trust strangers, it's the people you know that let you down.

Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.

If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high.

Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself.