Conversation Quotes
2139 Conversation quotes by 1544 unique authors
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Is there anything else you need from me?" Ranger asked. "Not right now." "There will come a time," Ranger said. "Let me know when." And…
— Janet Evanovich
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I never asked my mother where babies came from but I remember clearly the day she volunteered the information....my mother called me to set the…
— Sloane Crosley
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Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow.
— Gregory Maguire
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He was silent for thirty seconds, maybe a minute. I uncrossed my legs under the table and wondered if this was the right moment to…
— Haruki Murakami
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I don't want to wrong anybody, so I won't go so far as to say that she actually wrote poetry, but her conversation, to my…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a…
— Douglas Adams
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Don’t let yourself be. Find something new to try, something to change. Count how often it succeeds and how often it doesn’t. Write about it.…
— Atul Gawande
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When you look at some faces, you can see the turbulence of the infinite beginning to gather to the surface. This moment can open in…
— John O'Donohue
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The Gospel lives in conversation with culture, and if the Church holds back from the culture, the Gospel itself falls silent. Therefore, we must be…
— Pope John Paul II
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Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food. "You is trying to change the…
— Roald Dahl
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There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again,…
— Marilynne Robinson
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The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming.
— Alice Munro
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If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.
— Nicholas Sparks
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You take the flotsam," I tell her, "I'll take the jetsam." You always get the jetsam,"she says pretending to pout. "Do you ever think if…
— Wendy Mass
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Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.
— Wendy Mass
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I don't think that women ought to sit down at table with men. It ruins conversation and I'm sure it's very bad for them. It…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they…
— Mitch Albom
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After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind…
— N.D. Wilson
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The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around…
— Samuel Beckett
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Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint…
— Jonathan Franzen
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The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation…
— Steven Wright
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Every conversation, every cuddle, aver kiss and caress, even every disagreement, adds another brushstroke to the picture of home you paint with the days and…
— Thomas Kinkade
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Excellent." As soon as Bergman left earshot Vayl said, "I am going to buy you some pom-poms and a short pleated skirt-" Hey, if Bergman…
— Jennifer Rardin
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Conversations are efforts toward good relations. They are an elementary form of reciprocity. They are the exercise of our love for each other. They are…
— Barry Lopez
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