CURATED COLLECTION

Building Deep Relationships

The deepest connections take longer than you think to build and less time than you expect to lose.

50 quotes found

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The strength of a relationship lies not in its length but in its depth.

—PremchandWriter

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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A lover who has been with you a long time. It gives a sense of security.

—Sei ShonagonAuthor

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Storytelling is how we make sense of our lives, our history, our deep connections.

—Judith Ortiz CoferWriter

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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The Peach Blossom Pool is a thousand feet deep, but it cannot compare to your farewell, Wang Lun.

—Li BaiPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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The most delightful of all sounds is the voice of the person we love.

—XenophonHistorian & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Connection is why we're here. It is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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If I loved you, it's because you are my love, my accomplice, and everything.

—Mario BenedettiNovelist, Poet & Playwright

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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We carry our homes within us, a portable landscape of memory and belonging.

—Judith Ortiz CoferWriter

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Food is not just sustenance; it is a way to transmit emotions.

—Laura EsquivelNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.

—Gabriel García MárquezNovelist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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My mother was a child of the water. My father a child of the fire.

—Grace NicholsPoet

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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My children learned that they had a duty to look after other people's children.

—Albertina SisuluActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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Don't let us lose sight of the beauty of our common humanity.

—Elizabeth GaskellNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation.

—Elif ShafakNovelist

Contemporary ERA • MENA

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Man's best possession is a sympathetic friend.

—EuripidesScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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To understand, one must forgive. To forgive, one must understand.

—Maria DąbrowskaNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Let me begin again. Let me put down my guns.

—Ocean VuongPoet & Novelist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Love can be found in the kitchen, in the preparation of food.

—Laura EsquivelNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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