About That Fling Quotes

“Her eyes met his, and he tried to remember if he’d ever seen such a deep shade of blue anywhere else. What was the word for it? Azure? Cobalt? Cerulean? Where was the fucking Crayola box when he needed it?”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“When you share feelings instead of judgments, it compels people to relate to you.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Sometimes, kindness is the worst thing. Especially if it unravels your entire justification for something you've done. Something you might not be very proud of in the first place.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“we want to learn to speak and hear from the heart to create harmony and understanding. We learn to express feelings and universal needs, as opposed to judgments.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Obviously we can’t all have things precisely the way we like in every situation, but we need to keep in mind that everyone’s opinion has merit and value.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“I saw you the morning after you met him. You were oozing with so much chemistry you could have recited the periodic table of elements backward.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“I want happiness. Stability. Some career milestones to be proud of, people around me who make me laugh, and the ability to go to bed each night and think, ‘I made a difference for someone.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Generally speaking,” he said, softening his voice a little. “If the word ‘like’ follows the words ‘I feel,’ you’re expressing a judgment, not a feeling. For instance, ‘I feel like you’re being unprofessional,’ or ‘I feel like you aren’t hearing me’—those are judgments, not genuine feelings.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“When you make a decision to leave someone, you tell yourself a story,” he said. “You convince yourself you have no choice, or the relationship is doomed, or the person or the situation is so awful that this is the only thing you can possibly do. Maybe it’s true, but you believe the story with all your heart. You have to believe it if you want the courage to leave.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Chapter”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“But I’ve also been thinking about my aunt. About the look on her face when she talks about her writing. About the passion she feels when she does something she’s really good at. I’m good at my job, Adam, but it’s not the same thing. I want the other kind of passion.” “The sweaty kind?” “Right. I mean, something like that. I want the kind of passion I felt with you.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“But I’ve also been thinking about my aunt. About the look on her face when she talks about her writing. About the passion she feels when she does something she’s really good at. I’m good at my job, Adam, but it’s not the same thing. I want the other kind of passion.” “The sweaty kind?” “Right. I mean, something like that. I want the kind of passion I felt with you.” Adam swallowed his next bite, not sure what else to do. He speared another bite of potatoes, then another, before he took a sip of water and washed it all down.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

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― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“If the word ‘like’ follows the words ‘I feel,’ you’re expressing a judgment, not a feeling. For instance, ‘I feel like you’re being unprofessional,’ or ‘I feel like you aren’t hearing me’—those are judgments, not genuine feelings.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“If the word ‘like’ follows the words ‘I feel,’ you’re expressing a judgment, not a feeling. For instance, ‘I feel like you’re being unprofessional,’ or ‘I feel like you aren’t hearing”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“did the echoes of ex-lives ever get quieter, or was it just a matter of learning to ignore the noise?”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Anything’s possible. Is anyone ever the villain in their own version of a story?”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“What I’m hoping right now is that you’re all taking a moment to reflect on the idea that each person in this room has a valid reason for wanting things the way he or she wants them,”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Compassionate Communication training.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Health System?” Kendall nodded and folded her hands on the desk. “Not new to human resources, but I’ve only been with Belmont for two weeks. Before this, I worked in HR for a medical center over in Ashland. We had the occasional employee discipline issues and a layoff here and there, but nothing like this.” Adam nodded and continued flipping through the forms, studying the legal language as carefully as possible for a first pass. “I hear you. Union negotiations can be especially tricky. You’re very smart to bring in outside assistance. Sometimes professional mediation can really turn things around. Once”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Unhappiness leads to desperation,”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“No one can make you behave a certain way, he reminded himself, repeating the words he’d uttered to so many people locked in contentious relations. You’re the only one who controls your response to someone.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“Sometimes, kindness is the worst thing,”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“We’re all just bumping around together on this planet, trying to do the best we can for ourselves and each other. But there’s only so much we can control.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling

“No one gets relationships right on the first try. We probably never get it right, when it all comes down to it. All we can do is take the lessons we’ve learned and keep moving forward.”
― Tawna Fenske, About That Fling