Natsuki Takaya Quotes

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

I love listening to people talking about their love, and it always gives me great energy.

And without understanding, could each properly love the other?

If he's choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn't respect your feelings and needs.

I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better

I've tried to recognize my wife's individuality, her personality, her desires, her background, her ambitions.

I think the things about being with someone and knowing someone so well is that the things you love about them, you always will. The things that drive you crazy will always drive you crazy about them.

I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.

I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

In my experience with women that I've dated and my wife now, is you have to know what they care about. And even if you aren't a huge fan of it, you still have to have interest in it and it has to be genuine because women do it for men all the time.

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

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

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

I believe that if you work hard at a relationship, devoting time and energy to it, being willing to grow and experiment, and never take it for granted, that you can continue to feel the initial attraction and excitement indefinitely.

Typically, we get annoyed when our spouses complain. We get defensive. But, really, when your spouse complains, he or she is giving you wonderful information about what would make him or her feel loved.

Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.

I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they play for, things they like to do in their spare time, you're around their families, I think you're kind of able to kind of coexist more when you have a relationship.

There are no shortcuts to genuine friendship. Relationships are built over time.

I think chemistry is just about two people being comfortable with one another.

I don't think the idea of being seen changes in its importance. I think it's always true. When relationships start to have problems, it's almost always because we don't feel seen by that person anymore.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.