142 Quotes About Conversations

He could not make conversations with strangers, and yet conversations with strangers were perhaps the first thing required of him in his new life.

I'm a writer. I write because I don't talk so good.

Don’t even go there,” he snapped, pushing his foot down on the accelerator. “Too much thought makes Oliver a cranky bastard. Being followed by a possible killer makes Oliver a frightened bastard.”“You talking to me, the victim, or yourself?” Langham asked.“Myself. Nothing unusual. Nothing to fret about.”“Right. Give me an update.

For me, to remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off: the ones that made the sacrifice of the following day a trivial one.

Talk with a comfortable tempo - too fast sounds nervous and you might lose the audience, too slow can come across as dull-witted.

Pleasantries are low entropy, biased so far that they stop being an earnest inquiry and become ritual. Ritual has its virtues, of course, and I don't quibble with them in the slightest. But if we really want to start fathoming someone, we need to get them speaking in sentences we can't finish.

I miss talking to you.''I can't imagine why. We haven't talked about anything particularly interesting in years.''I thought it was interesting. Perhaps I like talking about boring things with you.