Amanda Palmer Quotes

The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.

Opening up is something I have to learn how to do if I'm going to be in this business.

The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.

You learn more about yourself in intimate relationships than any other endeavor. I can go do 'King and I' and sing out in front of 1,000-plus people, but trying to open up about something that's bothering me with somebody that I'm in a relationship with? That's the scariest thing.

We all have different things that make us strong and weak, but if we communicate and we really open ourselves and open our hearts, you're going to be amazed by the things that you can learn.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

Not everyone wants to know everything their partner did. Maybe it's enough to say, "Things aren't going well in our marriage. I've made mistakes. I don't think you've been a good partner to me. How do we go forward together?" I think there's a different answer for every couple. But I think intimacy is asking that question.

Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.

We are different. We are equal in every way but our voices are important to each other and our need to want to listen to each other and try to understand, because sometimes we are so difficult to understand. Men to understand us, and we to understand men. And we don't. We don't connect the way we should.

Don't say it...I've seen too many loves sundered by too much needless honesty.

To love is to be vulnerable.

You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could.

Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.

Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage.

Until you can say what is most difficult for you to say, you cannot speak from your heart, live unafraid, create health, or receive support from others.

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.

Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.

The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you.

Since true listening involves a setting aside of the self, it also temporarily involves a total acceptance of the others. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will feel less and less vulnerable, and more and more inclined to open up the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener. As this happens, speaker and listener begin to appreciate each other more and more, and the dance of love is begun again.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.