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> [“And so we went. And so it went. And, slowly, I began to learn: speaking in the same language does not equal communication, especially when there is a cultural divide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/and-so-we-went-and-so-it-went-and-slowly-i-began-to-learn-speaking-in/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

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## More by Gerry Abbey

> [“I’d learned so much from traveling to familiar places that I figured I’d learn twice as much by going to a place I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/i-d-learned-so-much-from-traveling-to-familiar-places-that-i-figured/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“And so we went. And so it went. And, slowly, I began to learn: speaking in the same language does not equal communication, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/and-so-we-went-and-so-it-went-and-slowly-i-began-to-learn-speaking-in/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“As the silence returned, I sat back and felt the tension ease away; I hadn’t even known I was tense. A few moments passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/as-the-silence-returned-i-sat-back-and-felt-the-tension-ease-away-i/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“I looked out again at the rising moon and I let the weight of my day, my week, lift away with the rushing wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/i-looked-out-again-at-the-rising-moon-and-i-let-the-weight-of-my-day/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“It was one of those striking moments in life where you find familiarity in the inexplicable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/it-was-one-of-those-striking-moments-in-life-where-you-find/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“There were signs everywhere but none that I could read or even hope to decipher. These multi-lined symbols unhinged my familiar world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/there-were-signs-everywhere-but-none-that-i-could-read-or-even-hope/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/somehow-we-were-passing-the-boundaries-of-language-and-finding/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

> [“My professional life had started and here I was at a professional dinner full of uninhibited drinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-abbey/my-professional-life-had-started-and-here-i-was-at-a-professional/)

[Gerry Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-abbey/)

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