Getting To Know Someone Quotes

“While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain things now made perfect sense; Moon River didn’t sound so syrupy, mistletoe wasn’t such a bad idea, and perhaps dating was not such a frivolous waste of time after all.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“You know when you think you know someone? More than anyone in the world? You know you know them, because you've seen them, like, for real. And then you reach out, and suddenly they are just... gone. You though you belonged together. You thought they were yours, but they're not. You want to protect them, but you can't.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

“Let's take a walk. You can show me some of your memories and I'll show you some of mine.”
― Adam Berlin, The Number of Missing

“I am not what you see.
I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Maybe that’s how we know when a relationship is real. When someone else previously unconnected to us knows us in a way we never thought or believed possible.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“The power of getting to know one another is so immense, eclipsed only by first getting to know ourselves.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason

“I am acutely aware that like a slip of paper in the wind, something in his nature eludes my grasp.”
― Christina Baker Kline, A Piece of the World

“We spent some time like that, me asking small questions, Toby giving me longer and longer answers, until we were simply talking, Toby asking me questions, too.”
― Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow

“There is nothing like a shared interest to draw people together.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

“When I look into your eyes, I'm curious to know what you see?”
― A.K. Kuykendall

“I’ll bet he misses it.”
“Almost as much as I miss him being on the road.”
She frowned. “You don’t really mean that.”
“Mostly not.”
“Good. But I do sort of get it,” she said slowly. “The siblings-driving-you-crazy thing. My sisters . .
. well, they’re perfect. As far as my parents are concerned.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. They’re married.”
“And that’s perfect, huh? What about you? You’re successful, right? Your column is pretty big.”
“Oh, it’s huge,” she said, her tone overdramatic, earning a chuckle from Cole. “I’m kind of a big
deal. But I don’t have a husband, so . . . my parents think maybe I’m not such a big deal.”
“So, you’re the black sheep.”
“Baaaaa.”
“Nice.”
“Thanks.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“Isn’t that why we commit to another? It’s not for sex. If it were for sex, we wouldn’t marry one person. We’d just keep finding new partners. We commit for many reasons, I know, but the more I think about it, the more I think long-term relationships are for getting to know someone.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“You mean something like ‘truth or dare’? I haven’t played that in a long time.” She didn’t think he would ever get himself entangled in a game like that, but it was addictive, a compromising icebreaker featuring all the strategy of Poker, minus the cards, mixed with a dash of danger from Russian Roulette, without the revolver.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“You could approach someone worlds apart from you by offering them, like a handshake, a simple truth from their own lives.”
― Danielle Bennett, Dragon Soul

“Introverts are like the stars in star apples.
They don’t feel the need to reveal themselves, except someone rips them open.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“They were getting to know not only the details of each other's lives, but getting to know one another - a different thing. The process of getting to know anyone is not merely a matter of listening, watching, and understanding. M. Maurois has pointed out how, in any new relationship, we feel an unconscious need to create, as it were, a new picture, a new edition of ourselves to present to the fresh person who claims our interest; for them, we in a strange sense wish to, and do, start life anew.”
― Ann Bridge, Illyrian Spring

“She shook her head and dropped the focus of the light down to the ground. “Well, thanks for . . .
everything. Dinner. And stuff. Showing me the ranch.”
Why were things so awkward with him?
“Sure.” He put his hands in his pockets. “See you tomorrow?”
“Yeah. Tomorrow.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“She is such a blade—-beautiful, powerful, and deadly to her enemies-—as well as her bond-mate due to her fatal flaw. The questions are—How deep is her flaw and can it be healed? After all, a mortal is not a mearcair blade to be discarded if forged improperly. (Kagan Donmall regarding Tessa Montgomery)”
― Jacqueline Patricks, Fairytale Apocalypse

“Some people are like egg. The more you apply heat to them, the harder they become. To hatch them, just use a gentle heat, and to keep them alive, just keep them cool.”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“You want to know me so badly, then open your eyes and read, perhaps my words will hit you as hard as the wind you knocked out of me”
― Timothy Norr

“The protestor also asked me why I was there, did I have a family member who is gay? He stated, “You don’t just come to these things for no reason”. I replied, “Honestly, I did start going and taking my family to gay pride festivals just to be amongst other cultures. It’s good to get to know people who are different from yourself.” The world’s a big place and you may find that you have more in common with people than you think or, in this case, that you know more gay people than you think. I would like to say the same to you.”
― Eric Overby

“The only way we will love our neighbor as ourselves is by getting to know our neighbors, even in the midst of our differences.”
― Eric Overby

“The only way we will love our neighbor as ourselves is by getting to know our neighbors, even in the midst of our differences.

The only way to truly know someone is by being with them, by conversation.”
― Eric Overby

“Probably not.” He looked down at his watch. “It’s about time for dinner. Do you want to come
down and eat in the lodge? We deliver up to the cabins too, but we also do a family-style dinner.”
“Um . . .” Did she really want to spend more time with Cole today? Strangely, she found she did.
“That sounds great.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“She said no, Lark,” Cole said, his eyes meeting Kelsey’s. Kelsey felt her stomach flutter. And it
wasn’t from nausea.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“I hope that wasn’t because of what I said about the barrel racing,” Kelsey said.
“Probably me,” Cole said. “She’s sensitive. And I’m not. I’ll apologize later.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“I’ll walk you to the path.” Cole stood too and followed them out of the dining room and into the
common area of the lodge.
“How do you feel?” he asked when they were out of earshot.
“Great. Fine. For the first time in . . . forever, pretty much”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“Never judge a book by its cover. At first glance, even Jesus appeared unimpressive.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“Sometimes talking to him felt like she was skating over a lake of thin ice. She could hear the cracks forming but was never sure where they were coming from, or how many fathoms deep she might be dragged before she could ever really get to know him at all.”
― Nenia Campbell, Raise the Blood

“Is it worth losing your position over and being ostracised for?'

He glared down at me. 'If you even have to ask that question, then you don't know me at all.'

'I hardly know you at all,' I whispered, irritated by the sting his words left behind.

'Well, now you know that I will never stand by and watch someone hit you or any person for no reason other than they feel they can,' he shot back.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash