1,251 Quotes About Talking

Well...," I said, but I couldn't find the words to say what I wanted to say. I was a decent enough writer, but talking? With sounds? from my mouth? That was a bitch.

Just as open doors let the steam out of a steam bath, so does the person with lips constantly open lose their inner composure.

Some things are better said in the flesh.

Young, I craved attention, to be heard. Now I would rather listen.

I left the room because, and only because, we had said all we could say. The unsaid words pushed roughly against the thoughts that we had no crafts to verbalize, and crowded the room to uneasiness.

A man learns nothing when he talks; he learns by listening. Which is why those who talk the most are, in the ordinary run of things, fools.

Dripping neon like a nightmare,I feel the most alive at night.I talk too much, but there’s a lot unsaid.I’ve slept in a lot of beds.

Funny how hard it is to keep talking, when someone asks you to start and not stop.

The crack that was Yark's mouth elongated, not a smile so much as a forcing apart of seams that went with the blunt question. To force Quoyle's seams apart. And other forced seams implicit.