Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Small talk is friendly and peaceful. But if you're dwelling on whether or not you'll be accepted then it's time you should… — Luke Garner Copy Share Image
“Sports contained the truth, I decided, the unspoken truth (how quickly we damn ourselves when we start to talk, how small and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and… — Yxta Maya Murray Copy Share Image
“Colton picked up a glass of cider and tok a sip. "We're not a couple, Olivia and I, so if you want… — Janette Rallison Copy Share Image
“The absence of conversation didn’t bother Kafuku. He wasn’t good at small talk. While he didn’t dislike talking to people he knew… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Dating is all about getting to know somebody, without wasting a lot of time or money. What is the price of love?… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Maybe we should do some more homework. ” Homework had been their code word for making out before they’d realized that they… — Kimberly Derting Copy Share Image
“I realize this is what people call small talk. I also realize the world would be a better place without it.” — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“I was wondering where the real party was." I jumped, sending my pencil in a sharp line across the page. Alex was… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“When she woke up crying for one of her nightmares, the Kolker would stay with her, brush her hair with his hands,… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Steve Carell is such a non-tech person. He actually communicates with people. He actually asks people how they're doing and makes friends… — BJ Novak Copy Share Image
“And all those boys of Europe born in those times, and thereabouts those times, Russian, French, Belgian, Serbian, Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh,… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another's privacies. This makes it a… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
To have nice interactions with people is a better than to make anyone uncomfortable, than to try to fill up some kind… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“want to spend an hour talking and getting into the good stuff. I don’t have a lot of patience for small talk.… — Anna Faris Copy Share Image
“You're not big on people, are you?" "I wouldn't say that. Just ... when faced with the choice between small talk with… — Kirsten Hubbard Copy Share Image
“I hate small talk, always have. Hate the awkward, too tight effect it has on my skin, my throat.” — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the line I think many of us buy into a lie that we only matter if . . . We… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
