Imperfect Relationships Quotes

There's a whole form of literature in India which talks about the quest for the perfect man by a woman, where every woman looks for a perfect man but only ends up with half that.

No relationships are perfect. When they develop, there are things that have happened before in your life that you maybe don't discuss. And there are always fault lines within every relationship. I believe it doesn't take too much pressure to be placed on those fault lines for them to start cracking apart.

In the fall literally everything is broken. Nothing on this planet works. Every body is broken, none of our bodies works perfectly. Every relationship is broken. The weather is broken. I don't have a problem with hurricanes. Nothing works on this planet. This is not heaven, this is Earth and that is why we are to pray thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven. Why? Because God's perfect will is done perfectly in heaven. So I am to pray that done here.

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.

People are never perfect, but love can be.

Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living.

The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

Every relationship is messed up. What makes it really perfect is if you still want to be there when things suck.

I think everyone has shame about something, whether it's a lack of a relationship with a child or maybe their weight or a lack of communication within their marriage. Everyone can relate to that because we all have something that we're like, 'God, I can work on that,' or, 'I wish I was better at doing this.'

...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.

I think that no relationship goes completely according to plan or the way you wished it had.

There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.

A perfect marriage is as rare as a perfect love. Could it be otherwise, when both men and women are so imperfect? Could aught else be expected? Yet all do expect it.

A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed.

Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends.

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

I think it's important for people to know that there's no such thing as a perfect relationship, you know?

My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.

That is why we have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be.

In life, there are no perfect affections.

Love is rarely flawless,” Carter pointed out. “Humans delude themselves by thinking it has to be. It is the imperfection that makes love perfect.

There is no perfect man! I think I'm meant to have many soulmates.

I struggled in my mind with all kinds of defenses. Should I be hurt? Surprised? Should I laugh it off? I wanted to say something cruel to expiate my anger and to justify myself. But it's difficult with old friends; difficult because it's so easy. You know one another as well as lovers do and you have had less to pretend about. I poured myself a drink and shrugged. 'Nothing's perfect.

It's axiomatic that all husbands are impossible. But I also think it's axiomatic that women are slightly impossible.