Equality Between Partners Quotes

“It's never ok to hit a girl. Never. Not even if she cheats on you. A girl is not your property. She's a human being. She is just as important as you. She is your equal. And her wishes and feelings are just as valid as yours. All you can do is treat her nice, and hope she wants to be with you. If she chooses to be with you, great! If not, or if she chooses to leave you at some point, you have to let her go. You have no right to stop her. You don't own her, and you don't have the right to tell her what to do. She's your partner. Not your servant, not your sex slave, and not your punching bag.”
― Oliver Markus, Sex and Crime: Oliver's Strange Journey

“There’s a loser in every relationship. We may not like to admit it, but one of us always gets a little more and one of us always gives up a little more readily.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“DON'T SAY, DO


Do not say things
You think I want to hear.
Instead,
Say what you sincerely mean,
And really intend to do.
Do not think you are helping me
By occasionally
Being here or there,
If you really have no intention
Of holding my hand
All the way through.
Do not say you care for me,
If you do not care
Whenever I'm clearly
Down and blue.
And do not want what's best
For you,
If you do not wish the best
For me too.
Do not calculate gifts or deeds
Or your giving will never feel
Genuinely true.
Just say what you mean
And mean what you say,
And let's lay these down –
As our love's
Golden rules.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Say yes,’ he whispers. ‘Marry me.’

I hesitate. I open my eyes. ‘You will get my fortune,’ I remark. ‘When I marry you, everything I have becomes yours. Just as George has everything that belongs to Isabel.’

‘That’s why you can trust me to win it for you,’ he says simply. ‘When your interests and mine are the same, you can be certain that I will care for you as for myself. You will be my own. You will find that I care for my own.’

‘You will be true to me?’

‘Loyalty is my motto. When I give my word, you can trust me.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Kingmaker's Daughter

“Tighten the reins? I’ll do my damnedest to make her as assertive as possible. Lysette should be terrified of me, yet she somehow has the courage to face me as an equal. I don’t deserve such a gift. God knows I won’t be fool enough to throw that away. I would slit my throat before asking that she pander to the rules of our quaint little society.”
― Lisa Kleypas, When Strangers Marry

“In addition to my brother’s contribution on feminism, may I add that some women have hijacked the campaign and turned it on its head. Instead of the campaign being about unloading the wicked guns that have constantly harmed women in our society or stunted their growth, these charlatans have made it a case of wrestling the guns from the men and directing it to the men with a lethal intention. This cannot be the goal of feminism. Feminism must be about wrestling these guns from the hands of their damned wielders and unloading it for the peaceful co-existence of both sexes and the development and creation of a harmonious and evenly arranged world.”
― MAGNUS NWAGU AMUDI

“He was standing nearer to her than he ever had, and he held her gaze, pausing until her breath was suspended in anticipation of his response. “If I had a wife, she should have access to every paper and book in my house that might possibly interest her. And I would speak with her on any topic she should wish. My protection would be shown in a different, more gallant manner, and not in keeping any knowledge from her that she might wish to gain.”
― JENNIE GOUTET, Philippa Holds Court

“Can you teach me?” Julian asked.

“Us,” Amelia corrected, frowning at him. “Teach us.”

“I don’t want you going into battle,” Julian told her.

Amelia raised an eyebrow. “Sometimes battle comes to us, whether or not we seek it.”
― Nancy Northcott, The Steel Rose