103 Best Relationship Quotes to Showcase the Variety and Depth of Our Relationships
Here are some of the best relationship quotes I could find that are easy to relate to.
I found a lot more quotes about relationships, but they were too long to include here. Also many were specific to books or other not so common situations.
“The purpose of a relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.”
— Neale Donald Walsch
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10 Tips You MUST Know For An AMAZING Relationship
by Project Life Mastery
Published on Youtube on Feb 14, 2018
Have you been looking for relationship tips that can transform your romantic relationship, from good to great? In this video, my girlfriend Tatiana and I share 10 tips you MUST know for an AMAZING relationship.
An amazing relationship doesn’t magically happen overnight. Rather, it develops when two people invest time and energy into growing together as a couple. If you feel like your relationship needs improving, don’t worry! No relationship is perfect. When two people commit to growing and expanding, their love grows as well.
Love doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, it can be effortlessly beautiful. Are you ready to learn 10 tips you MUST know for an AMAZING relationship? Let’s dive into the first 5 tips now, and make sure that you check out Tatiana’s YouTube channel to get access to the last 5!
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We’re hoping our quotes will inspire you. Use some of them yourself when the occasion presents itself. All of us are in some sort of relationship whether it’s with our special loved ones, wife or husband, family or friends.
“When you’re in a relationship and it’s good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.”
— Keith Sweat
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See if any of these relationship quotes apply to you. We feel that at least one of these quotes will likely apply to you, either directly or indirectly.
“Do what you did in the beginning of the relationship and there won’t be an end.”
— Anthony Robbins
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Can you find a quote that closely resembles your Relationship with your loved one or good friend?
1. “It is the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it is the little differences that make them interesting.”
— Todd Ruthman
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2. “There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.”
— Martin Luther
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3. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.”
— Oprah
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4. “The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.”
— Stephen R. Covey
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5. “There’s no perfect relationship. All relationships are work. If you put in the work, you’ll reap the rewards.”
— Jesse Metcalfe
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6. “When you cultivate quality relationships, not only do you feel better and help your friends feel better, but you contribute to an increase of joy, love, and peace in the world.”
— Tara Bianca
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7. “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.“
– Leo F. Buscaglia
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8. “Trust in a relationship is very crucial. Without trust, a relationship cannot last as a healthy and happy bond.”
— Alana Johnson
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9. “We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”
— Cornel West
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10. “The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.”
— Henry Cloud
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11. If you love yourself you love others, if you hate yourself you hate others, because in relationship with others it is only you mirrored.
— Osho
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12. #1 relationship rule: over communicate.
— Carlos Del Valle
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13. Become what you want to see in the world and it will be so. If you want an amazing relationship with your partner, be an amazing partner. If you want people to be thoughtful and kind, be thoughtful and kind. Small changes in your actions change your entire world.
— Shane Parrish
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14. What kills peer relationships is hierarchy. Since hierarchy emerges automatically in groups, avoid crowds.
— Michael
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15. “Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”
— William James
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16. Sometimes the best way to “manage” a relationship is to end it. Too few get this.
— Fateh Singh
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17. Relationship is a process of self-discovery, a wider and deeper understanding; relationship is a constant adjustment in self-discovery.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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18. Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.
— Robert Holden
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19. The only relationship we can have is the relationship we have with the “self.” Everything else is a reflection of that relationship.
— Iyanla Vanzant
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20. “A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself — to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.”
— Leo F. Buscaglia
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21. “Relationships, marriages are ruined where one person continues to learn, develop and grow and the other person stands still.”
— Catherine Pulsifer
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22. What is the true significance of relationship? Is it not a process of self-revelation?
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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23. “To know when to go away and when to come closer is the key to any lasting relationship.”
— Doménico Cieri Estrada
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24. If your relationship isn’t right, have the courage and respect to tell your partner what you’re feeling. You really have three options: fix it, leave, or accept the status quo. — Shane Parrish
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25. “Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.”
— Hugh Mackay
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26. We don’t need to be constantly reasonable in order to have good relationships; all we need to have mastered is the occasional capacity to acknowledge with good grace that we may, in one or two areas, be somewhat insane.
— Alain de Botton
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27. Successful relationships start by giving up control, giving up the need to be loved or wanted or right all the time.
— Mark Manson
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28. All top level relationships require radical honesty.
— Pat Stedman
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29.In relationship there must be affection, consideration, adjustment, self-denial, yielding; not to conquer but to live happily.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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30. “No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.”
— Sarah Dessen
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31. At the end of a relationship, it is the one who is not in love that makes the tender speeches.
— Alain de Botton
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32. One has to go into relationships with equal expectations, ready to give as much as the other – not with one person wanting a fling and the other real love.
— Alain de Botton
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33. The success of a relationship should be measured not by never having conflict, but by decreasing the recovery time between conflicts.
— Neil Strauss
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34. Only when your love for someone exceeds your need for them do you have a shot at a genuine relationship together.
— Neil Strauss
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35. “In relationships, the little things are the big things.”
— Stephen Covey
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36.The direction in which a relationship goes is usually determined by the partner who doesn’t care how it goes.
— J.D. Landis
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37. To love is easy, to be in a relationship is extremely difficult.
— Santosh Kalwar
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38. “Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”
— Anthony Robbins
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39. “Being good to yourself equates to having a positive relationship with yourself and higher self-esteem.”
— Sophie Winters
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40. “The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.”
— B. R. Ambedkar
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41. You bring all you ever were and are to any relationship you have today.
— Fred Rogers
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42. Weddings are the biggest relationship killers out there. If you can survive the wedding, they say, the rest is a piece of cake.
— Noah Hawley
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43. “We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she’s getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it’s working.”
–Justin Timberlake
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44. Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
— Fred Rogers
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45. “Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.”
— Mike Murdock
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46. “I’m just a big believer in ‘you must love yourself before you can love anybody else,’ and I think for me that breeds the most inspired relationships…”
— Scarlett Johansson
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47. You can’t have a relationship with someone hoping they’ll change. You have to be willing to commit to them as they are, with no expectations. And if they happen to choose to change at some point along the way, then that’s just a bonus.
— Neil Strauss
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48. “We should not see ourselves as the contestant but as the prize… The energy in which we go into a relationship is usually what we get out of it. So if we go in quite hastily or not being ourselves or balanced, we will have to deal with that at some point in the relationship as it sets the tone for the whole relationship.”
— Kelly Rutherford
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49. I’m only interested in cultivating relationships where there are independent and evolving souls coming together to help each other become the highest version of themselves.
— Jad Everett
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50. “You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”
— Epicurus
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50 A. Three things I want in a relationship: Eyes that won’t cry, lips that won’t lie, and love that won’t die.
— Wiz Khalifa
More Authored Relationship quotes continued after the quotes below in which the authors are unkown.
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22 Unknown or Anonymous Authors Relationship Quotes
1. “A great relationship doesn’t happen because of the love you had in the beginning, but how well you continue building love until the end.”
— Unknown
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2. “Forgiveness is the oil of all relationships.”
— Anonymous
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3. “You can’t just give up on someone because the situation is not ideal. Great relationships are not great because they have no problems. They are great because both people care enough about the other person to find a way to make it work.”
— Unknown
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4. “Relationships end too soon because people stop putting in the same effort to keep you, as they did to win you.”
— Unknown
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5. “Whether it is a friendship or a relationship, all bonds are built on trust. Without it, you have nothing.”
— Unknown
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6. “Apologizing does not mean that you’re wrong and the other person is right. It just means that you value your relationship more than your ego.”
— Unknown
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7. “The greatest relationships are the ones you never expected to be in.”
— Unknown
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8. “A true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other.”
— Unknown
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9. “All relationships go through hell, real ones get through it.”
— Unknown
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10. “A perfect relationship is not perfect, it’s just that both people never gave up.”
— Unknown
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11. “A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present, and encourages your future.”
— Unknown
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12. “Forgiveness is the oil of all relationships.”
— Anonymous
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13. “Relationships are worth fighting for, but you can’t be the only one fighting.”
— Unknown
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14. “falling in love multiple times, but always with the same person.”
— Unknown
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15. “A great relationship doesn’t happen because of the love you had in the beginning, but how well you continue building love until the end.”
— Unknown
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16. “Relationships include: fights, jealousy, arguments, faith, tears, disagreements, but a real relationship fights through all that with love.”
— Unknown
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17. “All relationships have one law. Never make the one you love feel alone, especially when you’re there.”
— Unknown
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18. “All relationships have problems. Your ability to overcome them defines your relationship strength.”
— Unknown
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19. “You can’t have a relationship without any fights, but you can make your relationship worth the fight.”
— Unknown
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20. “Hidden resentments poison a relationship; so if something bothers you, say it.”
— Unknown
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21. “Once you accept the reality that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful relationship can grow.”
— Unknown
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22. “Never beg for a relationship. Be brave to accept the one who really wants to be with you and reject the one who just pretends to be with you.”
— Unknown
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23. “A healthy relationship keeps the doors and windows wide open. Plenty of air is circulating and no one feels trapped. Relationships thrive in this environment. Keep your doors and windows open. If the person is meant to be in your life, all the open doors and windows in the world, will not make them leave. Trust the truth.”
— Unknown
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More Quotes about Relationships of All Sorts
51. “Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.”
— Anthony J. D’Angelo
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52. “Don’t give up at the first signs of friction: only through clear communication, flexibility and willingness to adapt can you find a relationship that will weather the storms of life.”
— Tom Miles
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53. “Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.”
― Nicholas Sparks
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54. “Our lack of attention means we don’t notice or we miss much that is going on and this affects our relationships.”
— Anna Black
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55. “A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.”
— Greta Scacchi
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56. “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”
— Henry Winkler
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57. “The biggest difference trust makes in any relationship – and not just an intimate one – is that you can relax, be open, be yourself.”
— Mira Kirshenbaum
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58. Seeing others for what they are, and accepting them – it is the single greatest revolution one can undergo in one’s relationship with others and the world.
— Janus Faustus
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59. “Beyond friendships adding to the list of improving life success and happiness, experts also assert that supportive relationships improve our odds of survival by fifty percent.”
— Shasta Nelson
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60. “It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
— Nick Hornby
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61. “Forgiveness is essential for every kind of relationship we have.”
— Barbara J Hunt
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62. “When in a relationship, a real man doesn’t make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.”
— Steve Maraboli
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63. “It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
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64. Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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65. A relationship where you can be weird together is your best choice.
— Paulo Coelho
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66. Relationships do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you.
— Eckhart Tolle
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67. When love is a relationship, it creates misery. When love is a state of being, it creates bliss.
— Osho
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68. Be a loving person rather than in a love relationship.
— Osho
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69. We can not control a relationship. We can only contribute to a relationship. All relationships, business or personal, are an opportunity to serve another human being.
— Simon Sinek
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70. “We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.”
— Joyce Meyer
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71. If you are unhappy, you will always make a relationship with an unhappy person… A miserable person tends to find a miserable partner.
— Osho
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72. Love in itself, or just having a relationship with someone, is not going to give you happiness unless you bring happiness with you.
— Osho
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73. “Everybody knows there is never just the tragedy of life, or the humor of life or pure joy of life. Relationships have those extremes. You can absolutely madly love the same person you want to kill.”
— Angelina Jolie
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74. You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.
— Nick Hornby
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75. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
— 14th Dalai Lama
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76. “The minute you start keeping score, you start destroying the relationship.”
— Tony Robbins
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77. Every relationship is a blessed gift – even those which you believe have brought you nothing but sadness and pain.
— Neale Donald Walsch
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78. There are moments in relationship when you didn’t speak, you didn’t have to; but you talked a lot.
— Aman Jassal
79. “Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”
— Marilyn Monroe
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80. “The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.”
– Alexandra Penney
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Dating, Soulmates and Marriage May All Be Related to Relationships – See for Yourself
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