Natalia Dyer Quotes

It's the differences in people that help you realize who you are. Even if we silently pass each other on the street.

I've always felt like I had a personal relationship with fans. I'm not afraid to be emotional or vulnerable or humble.

Certainly on a date, I've been over-focused on, 'Is this person comfortable or not?' and then deciding for them that they are not comfortable and I will help them, which is death for a first date.

The more personal you are willing to be and the more intimate you are willing to be about the details of your own life, the more universal you are. Everybody needs to be understood. And out of that comes every form of love.

The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

I have a big thing with eye contact, because I think as soon as you make eye contact with somebody, you see them, and they become valued and worthy.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.

We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.

In any solid, good relationship, it takes a while to trust someone.

I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.

I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way.

I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover.

I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

As a fan, I connect with realness. Whether it's strong or vulnerable, if it's real, I can connect with it.

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.

I'm constantly astounded by the way people talk so openly to someone they don't know. They clarify in their own minds what is important to them, discover another person has similar problems, and create trust and even a friendship.