Quotes About Communication

When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect

And just like that I had my lesson. I shouldn't assume that every woman a man bashes gave him a him a good reason to do it.- Anita Blake

His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing.

I wondered if I had offended him. I wondered if I cared.

You take insult where none is intended, but if you will find insult where none is meant, then perhaps I should try harder to insult on purpose.

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all.

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that's the best you can do with people. I'd tried kindness. I'd tried friendship. I'd tried respect. But when all else fails, fear will do the job.

I decided not to answer on the grounds that I might piss someone off.

Being a successful couple was learning what you were willing to compromise on, and what you weren't; learning when to stand your ground, and when to give it up; what was truly important enough to fight over, and what was just you being pissy. You learned each other's hot buttons, the places that hurt, or angered, when you pressed them. Love makes you learn where all the pitfalls are, and how to avoid them, or how to set them off.

He balled his hand into a fist. You are such a bitch. Woof, woof, I said.

I just love dealing with people whose idea of sometimes is every thousand years," I said.

Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.

I crossed my arms on my stomach. A psychologist would have said I was closed off, uncommunicative. Fuck them.

There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence.

What had my scary thought been? That Olaf was sincere. In some crazy,pathological way, he like-liked me. As in boyfriend-liked me. Not just for fucking or slaughter, but maybe, just maybe, he actually wanted to date me like one human being to another. He seemed to have no clue how to interact with a woman in a way that wasn't terrifying, but he was trying. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, he was trying.

I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.

Oui , but if all the men in your life are happy, you are happier, and it makes my life easier. - Jean-Claude

He gave a small nod, and I smiled back, and that was it. He understood that I'd understood that he'd understood. It took us one sentence, two looks, and a nod - with another woman it would have been at least five minutes of out-loud talking. Lucky for me I spoke fluent guy.

It has been my experience that women tell more intimate details to their friends than men do. Men may brag more, but women will talk the nitty-gritty and share the experience more.

How do you introduce boyfriend C to boyfriend A after boyfriend A has been such a good sport, of late, about boyfriend B, who is no longer in the picture?

Zerbrowski said, I only ever understood one woman, and she was kind enough to marry me so I didn't have to decipher anyone else.

Anita can speak for herself, Richard said. Jean-Claude's attention flicked back to me. That is certainly true. But I came to see how the two of you enjoyed the play. And pigs fly, I said. You don't believe me? Not hardly, I said.