27 Quotes About Jealousy in Relationships
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Here are 27 insightful quotes about jealousy in relationships. Read what others have said about this complicated and powerful emotion.
Quotes About Jealousy in Relationships
‘There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy.’
‘Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.’
‘It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.’
‘Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it’s true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others.’
‘Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.’
‘It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change and deny our emotions—especially the ones that shake us at our very core, like hurt, jealousy, loneliness, shame, rage and grief.’
‘Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.’
‘There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt people. There's jealousy, and it gets very messy. If you have security, it can be boring, and you die inside because of all the opportunities missed.’
‘Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one’s self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.’
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Quotes About Jealousy in Relationships
‘I have long believed that there are fundamentally two forces or emotions that drive our decisions—love and fear. Love has its many manifestations: compassion, gratitude, kindness, and joy. Fear often manifests in cynicism, anger, jealousy, and anxiety. I worry that many of our communities are being driven by fear.’
‘Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.’
‘Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with your beloved can spark the kind of lust and romance that reignites a relationship.’
‘Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’ an ugly emotion that hurts.’
‘Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy! In fact, they’re almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil!’
‘Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others—it only changes yours.’
‘The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.’
— William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude
‘Love sees sharply, hatred sees even sharper, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time.’
— Arab Proverb
‘Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.’
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Quotes About Jealousy in Relationships
‘A flower never thinks of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.’
— Unknown
‘For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?’
― Kamila Shamsie, Kartography
‘Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.’
‘The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.’
‘Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.’
‘He that is not jealous is not in love.’
‘Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.’
‘Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.’
‘He was jealous of her future, and she of his past.’
― Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus
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