Couple Relationships Quotes

“Sometimes it's not self-evident whether a remark is truly meant to be hurtful or meant in the spirit of friendly teasing (or ambiguous or both at once). Between women and men, teasing is risky because playful insults are a common way of showing affection among boys and men but less so for most women—at least most American women. My husband tells me that one of the first things he learned about me was that he had to curb his impulse to tease me because I would be hurt rather than touched.”
― Deborah Tannen, You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

“Chance encounters can bring two people together, but it is ultimately up to those individuals to maintain a relationship and make it work.”
― Sanjeev Himachali