Jane Austen Quotes

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.

I'm an emotional guy, so I don't have to worry about a girl trying to get me to open up.

I find that women are much more comfortable showing their emotion and inviting you into their emotional landscape.

I think that when you make yourself vulnerable, the thing that you do next is better. It's not like you have to inflict pain on yourself in order to make yourself better, but I think it helps. The thing that bonds you to a new friend isn't that you went to a really fun party; it's 'cause you had a really weird, sad conversation.

Not being as self-contained as men, we need to share things: It's almost as though you only know what you feel about things after you share them with a woman.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a story that moves us, we can feel that emotion that I feel towards my father or mother or girlfriend. So they can give us late-night company.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless, I always prefer a friendship first and foremost.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

How we need another soul to cling to.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know. But everyone's really different. I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've worked with guys who have been pouring wells of emotion. So emotional availability is not a gender-specific thing.

I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've worked with guys who have been pouring wells of emotion. So emotional availability is not a gender-specific thing.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear.

I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.

Seeing guys in their most vulnerable state talking about their bodies gives me an opportunity to talk about everything. Once they open up about their appearance, then usually they are willing to open up about pretty much everything.

I think one needs a companion at some point in life.

The most confronting thing you can do is talk about your feelings and open yourself up.

Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody.

I believe we create a lot of problems in our relationships if we don't feel safe to talk about our feelings at the speed of life.