Relationship Crumbling Quotes & Sayings

Why do you have to go to the cathedral?' said Leni. K. tried to explain briefly, but he had hardly begun when Leni suddenly said: 'They are hounding you.' K., who could not bear anyone feeling sorry for him unexpectedly or gratuitously, broke off abruptly with just two words; but as he hung up the receiver he said, half to himself and half to the distant woman who could no longer hear him: 'Yes, they are hounding me. — Franz Kafka

Then he read the words of the scroll slowly, first in Japanese and then carefully translated into English:
'There is really nothing you must be.
And there is nothing you must do.
There is really nothing you must have.
And there is nothing you must know.
There is really nothing you must become.
However. It helps to understand
that fire burns, and when it rains,
the earth gets wet ... '
'Whatever, there are consequences. Nobody is exempt,' said the master. — Robert Fulghum

No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible. — Theodore Roosevelt

I get all these loser preps coming up to me asking for autographs and all this crap, and I really want to tell them, 'My music is not for people like you! — Avril Lavigne

The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden eggs laid by somebody else's goose. The investment bankers and their associates now enjoy that privilege. — Louis D. Brandeis

Both could feel the relationship crumbling to pieces beneath the weight of everything that Gavin refused to say. — J.K. Rowling

I'm an insomniac lately. It's one of the many prizes you find in the Cracker Jack box of a crumbling [relationship], — Kristin Hannah

Readiness is a student's entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill. — Carol Ann Tomlinson

He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets? — Graham Greene

When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth. — Tahir Shah

According to Aristotle, envy is pain for the presence of good things in others, whereas emulation is pain for their absence in us. This is a subtle but critical difference. Unlike envy, which is self-defeating, emulation is a good thing because it makes us take steps towards securing good things. — Neel Burton

All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. — Nas

If you face life with the sincere faith that through the aid of the Almighty you can overcome your troubles, then you will keep defeat at arm's length. And this applies in all the circumstances life can bring. — Norman Vincent Peale

You could share your bed with a monster, lay your head on the same pillow next to a head filled with murder and madness. Magnus had done it himself. — Cassandra Clare