Love & Communication

Romantic-love relationships are made or broken by the effectiveness
or ineffectiveness of communication. The essence of mutual self-
disclosure is communication. And no element of communication is
more important to romantic love than that of feelings and emotions.
--Dr. Nathaniel Branden

Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride.
Caring is real faint --like a heartbeat. And pure love -- why,
some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.
--Erma Bombeck

The number one way a man can succeed in fulfilling a woman's primary love needs is through communication. By learning to listen to a woman's feelings, a man can effectively shower a woman with caring, understanding, respect, devotion, validation, and reassurance.
--John Gray

For women, "I love you" is the sweetest phrase in the world. But not every man who says it means it. On the other hand, some men may feel it deeply, but still find it hard to say. There are several reasons these words might stick in a man's throat. The first is that, quite commonly, men have a difficult time expressing the emotions they feel most deeply. Another reason is the words "I love you" might be interpreted as a marriage proposal. So that nothing gets lost in the translation, men with this concern will wait for the time in which they can back up their words with a lifetime commitment.
--John Gray

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.
--J. Isham

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
--M. Scott Peck

The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
--Josh Billings

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
--Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen.
Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other
is our attention... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to
connect than the most well-intentioned words.
--Rachel Naomi Remen

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding,
intimacy and mutual valuing.
--Rollo May

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences
are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible--
the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
--Virginia Satir

Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them
is a science still in its infancy.
--Bill Cosby

When we communicate we hear, understand, and accept another person
we have elevated the other person from being just an anonymous person
to being a person of importance.
--Author Unknown