Conversation Quotes

2139 Conversation quotes by 1544 unique authors

One develops an instinct for letting silence do the heavy lifting. In the three, four, five seconds that passed without either of us speaking, the… — Glen Duncan
We move in response to our conversation partner’s face, and our brain also fires as we move those muscles and stirs the passions. Paralyzing the… — John M. Gottman
Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once." “How nice… — Douglas Preston
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival;… — Andrew Sullivan
Perhaps the easiest people to fall in love with are those about whom we know nothing. Romances are never as pure as those we imagine… — Alain de Botton
We're silent now, both waiting, till I remind myself that I'm the older one and should therefore initiate conversation. But I don't. I don't want… — Markus Zusak
The conversation of human beings seldom interested him, but it crossed his mind that the males and females always got along best when neither actually… — Terry Pratchett
...the sound of our lack of conversation amplified by the echo of our footsteps on the stone around us. — Maggie Stiefvater
To stutter through it with you or even stop stuttering and say nothing, was so lucky and soft, better talk than mile-a-minute with anyone. After… — Daniel Handler
Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf. — Paul Tournier
An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy. — Charles Williams
In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for touch, for simple… — Marya Hornbacher
I so wanted out of this conversation, but it was like a car accident: Once you started spinning, you could only wait and see what… — Laurell K. Hamilton
It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having. — Jonathan Safran Foer
A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous — Ingrid Bergman
Except...I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to… — Sophie Kinsella
I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind. — Jodi Picoult
When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought. — Anthony Kiedis
The other day I met a man who didn't know where Tripoli was. Tripoli happened to come into the conversation, and he was evidently at… — A A Milne
…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for the absolute truth:… — Simone de Beauvoir
I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. But there's only the same look of amusement that ended our last… — Suzanne Collins
Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try… — Charles Bukowski
You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a very modest quantity.… — Sarah Caudwell
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.… — Susan Cain
That was a perfectly reasonable explanation," she said grumpily. "Perhaps my advisers don't lie to me." "Isn't that what you'd want?" asked Giddon. "Well, yes,… — Kristin Cashore

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