Shakti Gawain Quotes

Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.

Life is so short - if you feel something for someone, tell them.

If your partner asks you if something bothers you, and something bothers you, the best thing you can do is say, "Yes, it bothers me." Otherwise you create a situation where they think everything is fine, continue with the offending behavior, while you build up a secret reservoir of resentment that will eventually come pouring out, to their shock.

It takes people a while to trust you.

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

I never had a real conversation with my father.

When you love somebody, you gotta be honest with them even if it'll hurt them.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than--broken down.

It's amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.

Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.

Your marriage is in trouble if your wife says, 'You're only interested in one thing,' and you can't remember what it is.

Locked into loneliness were we two and looking at one another every evening we each saw the one we blamed for it.

Being totally open with your feelings can make everything difficult. However, in front of the person I love, I feel it is absolutely necessary to be honest and open. I belong to the type who will open up about everything.

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

One of the things I like to do is people's hearts are on their sleeve, whether it's a good or a bad heart.

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

She loves you. She's just forgotten how to show it.

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.

To be absolutely honest, what I feel really bad about is that I don't feel worse. There's the ineffectual liberal's problem in a nutshell.

The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to being lame.