Sylvia Day Quotes

Don't be naive and allow a man to take advantage of you.

So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word 'diva' and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn't afraid to show it.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

We teach people how to treat us.

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.

With my feelings, I hold a lot in, because I didn't always have boundaries and people would take advantage of situations because I'm a nice guy.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.

The worst thing I could be accused of is that I'm a one-way dude, only out for myself. But the worst thing a woman can do is not to say anything. Especially when you're starting a relationship.

Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place.