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title: "2 Listen Speak Quotes By Garth Stein"
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> [“Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/here-s-why-i-will-be-a-good-person-because-i-listen-i-cannot-speak-so/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

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> [Here is why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. ...I beg of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/here-is-why-i-will-be-a-good-person-because-i-listen-i-cannot-speak/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

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## More by Garth Stein

> [What I want now is what I've always wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/what-i-want-now-is-what-i-ve-always-wanted/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [“Man's closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog. "Enzo" I admire the female sex.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/man-s-closest-relative-is-not-the-chimpanzee-as-the-tv-people-believe/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [“There is no dishonor in losing the race, Don said. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. ~p 227”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/there-is-no-dishonor-in-losing-the-race-don-said-there-is-only/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretation and they’re so dependent on each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/it-s-so-hard-to-communicate-because-there-are-so-many-moving-parts/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [“This is what I love to do: I love to run through a field of wet grass that has not been mowed recently, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/this-is-what-i-love-to-do-i-love-to-run-through-a-field-of-wet-grass/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/there-is-no-dishonor-in-losing-the-race-there-is-only-dishonor-in-not/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/in-racing-they-say-that-your-car-goes-where-your-eyes-go-the-driver/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [When I return to the world, I will be a man. I will walk among you. I will lick my lips with my small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/when-i-return-to-the-world-i-will-be-a-man-i-will-walk-among-you-i/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/my-soul-has-learned-what-it-came-to-learn-and-all-the-other-things/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/i-hear-hundreds-of-years-of-life-i-hear-wind-and-rain-and-fire-and/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [“What I have always liked best is when he talks about having no memory. No memory of things he'd done just a second before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/what-i-have-always-liked-best-is-when-he-talks-about-having-no-memory/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [“Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/know-who-is-driving-next-to-you-any-problems-that-may-occur-have/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [“Pretend you are a dog like me and listen to other people rather than steal their stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/pretend-you-are-a-dog-like-me-and-listen-to-other-people-rather-than/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/that-which-we-manifest-is-before-us-we-are-the-creators-of-our-own/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

> [The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/the-race-is-long-it-is-better-to-drive-within-oneself-and-finish-the/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

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