The only reason that we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Tags: others clear-seeing perspective hearts compassion eyes confidence fearlessness sanity confusion minds Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We want people to feel with us more than to act for us. —George Eliot More about this quote Tags: feeling action working Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. —Ernest Hemingway More about this quote Tags: attention listening talking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We seem to live in a society that lacks communication. When you try to communicate, you're called a radical, a communist, dirty, a Republican, or something to let you know you're not speaking their language. —Richard Pryor More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh More about this quote Tags: communication sleep coffee Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets — no, they're little gifts, containing meanings! —Philip Roth More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We didn't have a relationship; we had a personality clash. —Alice Molloy More about this quote Tags: relationship personality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. —L.E. Landon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Mabel Pettigrew thought: I can read him like a book. She had not read a book for over forty years, could never concentrate on reading, but this nevertheless was her thought. —Muriel Spark More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I know I've changed. Nothing gets to me anymore. Well, okay, except for stuff in the past. Back then I was all innocent and trusting and didn't know anything. —Laura Wiess in Leftovers More about this quote Tags: innocence memory past change trust numbness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He had known the rarest of things—love, real love—he'd held it in his hand and he'd thrown it away. What was left for him? A lifetime of second-bests. —Jennifer Donnelly in The Tea Rose More about this quote Tags: feeling love knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Isn't it nice…once you've outgrown the ideas of what life should be and you just enjoy what it is. —Taylor Jenkins Reid in After I Do More about this quote Tags: life simplicity ideas enjoyment joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. —Julia Quinn in The Viscount Who Loved Me More about this quote Tags: love relationships completion better Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes the best way to find out what you're supposed to do is by doing the thing you're not supposed to do. —Gayle Forman in Just One Day More about this quote Tags: action purpose Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I hate hiding how much the stupid things he did hurt me, but I hated the idea of him finding out even more. —Leigh Bardugo in Shadow and Bone More about this quote Tags: relationships hurt hatred Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email