“Whether or not we know our dad, we have a relationship with him. The relationship in our mind is our relationship.”

“Our relationship with mainland China is very subtle. We don’t have a state-to-state relationship and we do not view mainland China as a foreign state.”

“It is when we start to discipline our mind that we discover how many undisclosed relationships it already has.”

“The most common reason that relationships fall apart is because of safety. On a subconscious level, even though our relationships grant us a sense of safety, if we perceive that something about a relationship makes us unsafe, we care more about our own safety than we care about the other person’s experience and we care more about our own safety than we care about the health of the relationship itself.”

“Only when our love for someone exceeds our need for them do we have a shot at a genuine relationship together.”

“We cannot stake our own fate on others, no matter how close our relationship with them.”

“So many people have that relationship. The companionship. The connection. To our – to other beings, our pets. I hate to call them pets. But you know, to other creatures that we share our lives with.”

“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.”

“We cannot help but see the person in one way or other and place our constructions or interpretations on "his" behaviour, as soon as we are in a relationship with him.”

“Every relationship is transactional, whether it is a business relationship, a romantic relationship, a political relationship, a friendship, or a familial relationship.”