Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence

Critiquing relieves you of the responsibility of doing integrative thinking.

The allure of love is to have someone who knows you so well that you don't have to explain yourself. It is the promise of someone who cares enough about you to protect you against the world of strangers who do not wish you well.

When those closest to us respond to events differently than we do, when they seem to see the same scene as part of a different play, when they say things that we could not imagine saying in the same circumstances, the ground on which we stand seems to tremble and our footing is suddenly unsure.

Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.

Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations.

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others.