“There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“He not only listens to you, but he also hears what you're saying. He can read between the lines and anticipate your needs without you having to communicate them all the time.”— Laura Argintar, elitedaily.com
“A good kisser adjusts their style to the person they are kissing. They start off slow and read your cues. They follow your tongue around with their tongue. If you grab a little handful of their hair, they do it back to you. It’s not just a tit for tat thing, but they pay attention to what you do and…”— Kevin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You must listen to her body. Don’t just recklessly start playing around with something because your last girl liked it. We all have different sensitivity levels and triggers spots.”— Zara Barrie, elitedaily.com
“Pay attention to what she’s doing. If she’s squirming, moaning, and clawing at the sheets, congratulations! Keep up the good work. If she looks bored, she probably is, which means it’s time to employ a different technique.”— Zeynep Yenisey, maxim.com
“'No, Dan. I need to know that if I say no, you'll stop. I need to know that.'”— Megan Hart, amazon.com
“Get him talking about something he loves. When a guy's talking about something he's really into, he'll get amped and subconsciously associate those feel-good vibes with you.”— Kelly Thore, cosmopolitan.com
“If a guy asks you a lot of questions about yourself and your life and shows a genuine interest in who you are and what you like, he is investing in you. You’ll get further confirmation of this if he remembers the things you told him: where you went to high-school, your major in college, the name of…”— Sabrina Alexis, thoughtcatalog.com
“After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.”— Robert McCammon, amazon.com
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“All day, men — no women — took the microphone and spoke. There was always a buzz in the audience, whispers, an audible hum of excitement. Then it was time for John Cage. He walked onto the stage and began to speak, without the microphone. He stood at the center of the small stage and addressed the c…”— Lynne Tillman, amazon.com
“A good girlfriend is a good listener, she reminded herself. But she was just pretending, and she knew it. In her former life, Doug used to sit across this very table and try her patience in a similar way, with long-winded soliloquies about whatever deal he happened to be working on at the moment, fi…”— Tom Perrotta, amazon.com
“Most of us walk around thinking that our view is best— probably because it is the only one we really know. You'd think the fact that we all have major misunderstandings with people at times—squabbles over what was said or what was meant— would clue us in to the reality that so incredibly much is hid…”— Ed Catmull, amazon.com