C. J. McCollum Quotes

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.

I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.

I think that our view of love and family informs our work, the way we empathize with people.

Usually, you don't have commitment promises in a friendship. Usually, it just grows.

Just laughing a lot would be the most important thing in a relationship to me. And a smattering of trust. A dollop of laughter - and an icing of trust.

It sounds cliche, but communication is the number one way to keep a relationship solid.

When I was in B2K, we were just talking about love, being in love. But now I'm talking about being intimate, understanding what love really is about.

A friendship has to be cultivated. A friendship you have to give time.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers.

I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.