Communication Quote by Haruki Murakami

“didn’t have time for small talk.”

— Ann Cleeves

“He knew. There was no need for small talk.”

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

“The silence felt like an empty speech bubble: It took up space but there were no words. Karou…”

— Laini Taylor

“If there's one thing I was horrible at, it was small talk.”

— S.H. Kolee

“He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk.”

— Charles R. Cross

“People had long conversations with him, only to realize later that he hadn't spoken.”

— Laura Hillenbrand

“The conversations were important; not the words spoken during them.”

— Lindy Zart

“He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I was glad he didn’t try to come up with something encouraging to say. Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of…

— Mia Sheridan

“He found it difficult to talk to other people.”

— Paulo Coelho

“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a…

— Jack Schaefer

“For us, silence is all we have ever known. I do not speak because I do not know what to say. He does not…

— Alessandra Torre