Quote by Charles Dickens

“I sensed a mutual indifference behind polite smiles and had the overwhelming impression that, more and more frequently, I was watching people who didn't…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

“You can greet even the dullest acquaintance with pleasure, if you have forgotten their dreary story.”

— Jude Morgan

“The conversation advanced with remarkable ease. Talk is cheerful, the way talk is among people who rarely see one another and are surprised they…

— Richard Rodriguez

“You must endeavor to seem interested in the conversations of others; you'll be surprised by what you might learn.”

— GE PAulus

“Yes. I much prefer it here. So much less reputable, so much more fraught.”

— Douglas Adams

“Otherwise, I’d like nothing better than…conversing with you. You’re such a deep, penetrating conversationalist, after all,”

— Sharon Kay Penman

“I hated it here. And I have never been as happy as when I was here. And these two things together confront me with…

— David Foster Wallace

“Strange it's such a quiet peaceful existence and I'm enjoying it so thoroughly.”

— Laura Joplin

“Well,” I reply, using the calm tone I know gets under her skin. I wish I was noble enough not to enjoy it, but…

— Amie Kaufman

“And what is that going to lead to?" "The acquisition of knowledge," he smiled. "It doesn't sound very practical." "Perhaps it isn't and on…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Of course, dear. I knew the moment I saw you that we are meant for great things. I’m never wrong about these things, you…

— Elle Field

“I am a dull fellow...my person reeks, my conversation consists of insipid platitudes.”

— Jack Vance