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> [“At every age, the girls and women sit closer to each other and look at each other directly. At every age, the boys and men sit at angles to each other—in one case, almost parallel—and never look directly into each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/at-every-age-the-girls-and-women-sit-closer-to-each-other-and-look-at/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

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## More by Deborah Tannen

> [In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/in-dialogue-there-is-opposition-yes-but-no-head-on-collision-smashing/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/cooperation-isn-t-the-absence-of-conflict-but-a-means-of-managing/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/communication-is-a-continual-balancing-act-juggling-the-conflicting/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [“A woman will be inclined to repeat a request that doesn't get a response because she is convinced that her husband would do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/a-woman-will-be-inclined-to-repeat-a-request-that-doesn-t-get-a/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [Like most men, my father is interested in action. And this is why he disappoints my mother when she tells him she doesn't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/like-most-men-my-father-is-interested-in-action-and-this-is-why-he/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [“...You're so real. That's why we love you." ... Her friend's response reflected the reciprocity of showing vulnerability. It is a gift not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/you-re-so-real-that-s-why-we-love-you-her-friend-s-response-reflected/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/the-desire-for-freedom-and-independence-becomes-more-of-an-issue-for/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [To say anything about women and men without marking oneself as either feminist or anti-feminist, male-basher or apologist for men seems as impossible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/to-say-anything-about-women-and-men-without-marking-oneself-as-either/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [Communication is a continualbalancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacyand independence. To survivein the world, we have to act in concert with others,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/communication-is-a-continualbalancing-act-juggling-the-conflicting/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/treating-people-the-same-is-not-equal-treatment-if-they-are-not-the/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [“One reason it's so difficult to decide what to say became immediately clear: comments and questions that some appreciated were not appreciated by others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/one-reason-it-s-so-difficult-to-decide-what-to-say-became-immediately/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does, displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/all-conversation-in-addition-to-whatever-else-it-does-displays-and/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [When those closest to us respond to events differently than we do, when they seem to see the same scene as part of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/when-those-closest-to-us-respond-to-events-differently-than-we-do/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/for-most-women-the-language-of-conversation-is-primarily-a-language-2/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

> [Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-tannen/life-is-a-matter-of-dealing-with-other-people-in-little-matters-and/)

[Deborah Tannen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-tannen/)

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