101 Quotes by Lynn Coady

That's all small talk is - a quick way to connect on a human level - which is why it is by no means as irrelevant as the people who are bad at it insist. In short, it's worth making the effort.

A bunch of chairs lined up in front of a podium equals school.

Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.

Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations.

Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity.

Flowers are an easy, eloquent expression of love at a time when words can seem clumsy and inadequate.

Guys know how to read each other's signals. They know how to telegraph love for one another without throwing their arms around one another.

I come from a working-class background, and I thought I had to be studying something that would get me a job.

I don't even like to cry in private.