Control Quote by Rachel Sennott

Before, I was always trying to make my relationships work by means of willpower and forced affability. This time I didn't have to strive…

— Charles Baxter

It was as close as I had ever come to having power over someone, and I equated it with love.

— Jill Ciment

Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.

— Marina and the Diamonds

Through high school, college, graduate school and beyond, I had a number of relationships that were wonderful.

— Frederick Lenz

I sort of managed to establish in my life that relationships aren't really a thing I can handle.

— Anne Hegerty

A lot of times I feel like people stick around in a relationship because they feel a primal need to be with that person…

— Gabrielle Dennis

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that…

— Romany Malco

I know there were periods of times where I didn't feel understood, and there were very few people around me that I felt like…

— Mahershala Ali

I felt that putting my all into the relationship would have taken me away from my career. And I couldn't do that then.

— Toni Braxton

I had the idea to become really emotionally detached, and a lot of the time I've treated people that I've cared about a lot…

— George Clarke

I felt much better when I started to become myself a bit more and to spend time with people who I genuinely liked as…

— Emily Browning

I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.

— Lenny Wilkens