"Relationships are made of talk – and talk is for girls and women." ― Deborah Tannen Topic(s): Women More From Deborah Tannen "Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone." "Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other’s." "The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation – or a relationship." More In Women "I’m for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing."― Alice Walker "I think that women who know who they are are beautiful."― Demi Lovato "Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted."― Barbara Bush