“I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never…”— James Damore, gizmodo.com
“steelmanning makes you a better person. It makes you more charitable, forcing you to assume, at least for a moment, that the people you’re arguing with, much as you ferociously disagree with them or even dislike them, are people who might have something to teach you. It makes you more compassionate,…”— Chana Messinger, theatlantic.com
“Love is refusing to bring up the past, even if doing so would be a slam dunk to prove your point. Love is your hand wiping away my tears, trying to erase streaks of mascara. Love is the warm hug that extinguishes an argument.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“You’re bound to fall out and have arguments and you should work at getting the relationship back together, but nobody wants to any more.”— Karl Pilkington, amazon.com
“Toxic people don’t argue with you, they essentially argue with themselves and you become privy to their long, draining monologues.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“You love more than you fight. It never feels good to fight because you care too much about him to hurt him. The compromise always seems like the best option because you both can be happy. But at the end of the day, you really can't stay mad at each other for long.”— Laura Argintar, elitedaily.com
“It's a good sign if your partner sticks around and works through a problem when it arises—instead of blowing it off, asking for space, or turning off his phone.”— Jenn Berman, womenshealthmag.com
“The best relationship I’ve ever had has been the most boring. By boring I mean I’m not checking his phone for text messages because there’s nothing to check for. He doesn’t do Facebook and our biggest arguments are over breakfast cereal. Our best moments are spent watching Netflix and talking smack…”— Toya Sharee, madamenoire.com
“It was almost embarrassing to be truly intimate with your spouse; how could you watch someone floss one minute, and the next minute share your deepest passion or most ridiculous, trite little fears? It was almost easier to talk about that sort of thing before you’d shared a bathroom and a bank accou…”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“Whenever you go over to a friend's house and she starts fighting with a sibling, it's maybe the most uncomfortable thing in the world. You've never had to argue with someone over the remote, so you don't know how to back your friend up or react at all.”— Hayley Glatter, seventeen.com
“He’s doing what you tell him to do because he doesn’t care enough to argue, I think. Your petty demands simply make him feel superior, or resentful, and someday he will fuck his pretty, young coworker who asks nothing of him, and you will actually be shocked.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com