Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She wasn't much of a talker when there was nothing to say.”

— Alice Sebold

“He had a certain almost obsequious charm. He liked talking about himself, and did not ask many questions of her. She noticed the imbalance…

— Lydia Davis

“He was filled with questions but figured he’d exhausted her conversation quota already. Some people, he could just tell about them. She was one…

— Heather Burch

“A long moment of silence stretched out between them. Her conversation to this point had mostly been an attempt to distract him while she…

— Kristin Cashore

“She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak.”

— Jane Austen

“And he had heard the conversation, and hadn’t enjoyed it much either, because he kept on thinking that the others were taking no notice…

— C.S. Lewis

“In fact, she rather liked it, and found that their mutual lack of language skills freed them from the banalities of conversation.”

— Violet Kupersmith

“He could not meet her in conversation, rational or playful.”

— Jane Austen

“Why couldn't she stop talking? Did all lonely people have that problem?”

— Richard Yates

“The subjects of her talk didn't matter; he knew what she was really saying. Helpless and gentle, small and tired and anxious to please,…

— Richard Yates

“He wanted to talk and had nothing to say.”

— Samuel R. Delany

“It amazed her how much people wanted to talk at parties. And about nothing in particular.”

— J.D. Robb