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title: "2 Talking Meant Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth... People talking were meant to look at a face, the disastrous cupcake of it, the hide-and-seek of the heart dashing across. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/she-was-not-good-on-the-phone-she-needed-the-face-the-pattern-of-eyes/)

[Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/)

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> [“She had debated asking him what the words meant, but that would involve talking. And talking meant building some sort of . . . relationship. She'd had enough of friends. Enough of them dying, too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas-2/she-had-debated-asking-him-what-the-words-meant-but-that-would/)

[Sarah J Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas-2/)

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