Sarah Dessen Quotes

It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you're frustrated. It's most important to talk things through together. And that, for me, has been the way I've best resolved problems in the past.

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

Young and older people need to learn relationships take time and effort.

Working together is the quickest road to marital problems.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

Life with another person is always difficult.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Every relationship is work.

You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into you, so you really have to learn to open your mind, open your heart and be super compassionate about other people's points of view, faith and opinions.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.

In reality I have said very little things; I didn't point out many things to Geoffrey, I trusted very much not only his understanding of what I was doing, or what I wanted to do, in that moment.

You really do learn every day with every dog; they are all so unique and different. But if you're patient and you understand where they're coming from, and if you are consistent, they will be fine. They teach you to give your full attention.

It's important for couples to be friends first and to respect each other as individuals.