--- title: "1 Active-listening Quotes By Charlie Jane Anders" description: "1 Active-listening quotes by Charlie Jane Anders. Plus more from Charlie Jane Anders and more Active-listening sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/charlie-jane-anders-14361_active_he-was-practicing-active-listening-31828_318284.jpg" --- > [“He was practicing active listening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/he-was-practicing-active-listening/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/charlie-jane-anders-14361_active_he-was-practicing-active-listening-31828_318284.jpg) ## Other authors on Active-listening - [Susan C. Young 34 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active-listening/susan-c-young/) ## More by Charlie Jane Anders > [“greatest natural disaster in America’s history. The storm’s supermassive fetch, hurling the already-swollen ocean onto land. High winds and twenty inches of rain shredding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/greatest-natural-disaster-in-america-s-history-the-storm-s/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/people-really-don-t-understand-the-technology-they-re-using-it-s-been/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“He was practicing active listening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/he-was-practicing-active-listening/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“kids shouted, “Larry, Larry, Quite Contrary!” and held him underwater, and threw him out of the airplane early, and forced him to do improv…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/kids-shouted-larry-larry-quite-contrary-and-held-him-underwater-and/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“As Dorothy J. Heydt famously said, the eight deadliest words for any work of fiction are 'I don't care what happens to these people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/as-dorothy-j-heydt-famously-said-the-eight-deadliest-words-for-any/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“The sheer volume of bad news had gotten beyond anybody’s ability to process into a narrative.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/the-sheer-volume-of-bad-news-had-gotten-beyond-anybody-s-ability-to/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn’t know it yet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/a-society-that-has-to-burn-witches-to-hold-itself-together-is-a/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“Now Laurence felt self-conscious. People should not see him having a crazy argument with his Caddy—with Peregrine. He hustled away from the beach, away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/now-laurence-felt-self-conscious-people-should-not-see-him-having-a/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“The not-understanding was worse than anything else, it was like a mystery and a wound that couldn't heal and an unforgivable failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/the-not-understanding-was-worse-than-anything-else-it-was-like-a/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“What was it?” Serafina wandered off to look at yogurt-covered pretzels, probably annoyed at him for talking on the phone. Her long fingers lifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/what-was-it-serafina-wandered-off-to-look-at-yogurt-covered-pretzels/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [If you're a writer, you don't serve genres. Genres serve you. Like, if you're writing a science fiction story set on a spaceship, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/if-you-re-a-writer-you-don-t-serve-genres-genres-serve-you-like-if/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/when-laurence-was-old-enough-to-do-what-he-liked-he-would-be-old/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“ONE DAY THE Singularity would elevate humans to cybernetic superbeings, and maybe then people would say what they meant. Probably not, though.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/one-day-the-singularity-would-elevate-humans-to-cybernetic/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“LAURENCE AND SERAFINA went to an organic burger place, locally sourced, etc., and Serafina talked about her emotional robots. “You won’t believe the heuristics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/laurence-and-serafina-went-to-an-organic-burger-place-locally-sourced/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) > [“It’s not a serious project,” Laurence said as they crossed Castro Street. “Milton doesn’t think the human race will still be here in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/it-s-not-a-serious-project-laurence-said-as-they-crossed-castro/) [Charlie Jane Anders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-jane-anders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active-listening/charlie-jane-anders/#itemlist", "name": "1 Active-listening Quotes By Charlie Jane Anders", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He was practicing active listening.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlie Jane Anders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-jane-anders/he-was-practicing-active-listening/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/charlie-jane-anders-14361_active_he-was-practicing-active-listening-31828_318284.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/charlie-jane-anders-14361_active_he-was-practicing-active-listening-31828_318284.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/charlie-jane-anders-14361_active_he-was-practicing-active-listening-31828_318284.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He was practicing active listening.” — Charlie Jane Anders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active-listening/charlie-jane-anders/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active-listening/charlie-jane-anders/", "name": "Active-listening Quotes by Charlie Jane Anders", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active-listening/charlie-jane-anders/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/charlie-jane-anders-14361_active_he-was-practicing-active-listening-31828_318284.jpg" }, "description": "1 Active-listening quotes by Charlie Jane Anders. 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