The boring thing with taking a walk with someone is that your thoughts are then dictated by the subject or subjects of your conversation; and that is made worse by the fact that most sane people are terrified of silence whenever they are with or near someone.

I tend to avoid people who always have something to say … and those who expect me to always have something to say.

We often do or speak, not because of necessity, but because of insecurity.

Babies have the tendency to make adults talk like babies.

Our friends are often secretly made happy, or less unhappy, by their finding out about our problems, because that reminds them that they are not the only ones who have problems; that some people’s problems are way bigger than theirs; or that some people, unlike them, have real problems.

Another common use of a friend is as a bag of skin that converts, into usually meaningful sounds, the vibrations we make when we talk about our problems.

Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.

Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting or knowledgeable; some people do that because they find you boring or ignorant.

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.