Quote by Jane Austen

“They were good listeners, worldly yet easily shocked, hungry for details, curious and nonjudgmental at the same time, always happy to give advice, but…

— Tom Perrotta

“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.”

— Alice Hoffman

“My questioning was my attentive spirit, and their reply, their beauty.”

— Augustine of Hippo

“He had beautiful manners. Which, if you ask me, was mostly a question of saying nothing, to anyone, ever.”

— Anne Enright

“If I had to say how I felt, I would say like a box that had been turned upside down. And the box was…

— Grace McCleen

“The small smiles everybody wanted to try to figure out – they meant nothing, really. She wasn't so good at talking and the smiles…

— C. JoyBell C

“I was comfortable with silence, comfortable with letting questions go unanswered. Sometimes it was my best tool for making a person say more.”

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“... I was surrounded by trust and affection. No one could ask more of life, it is the greatest blessing of all.”

— Sándor Márai

“Ask very little but ask of everyone.”

— Michael Lerman

“Every question was also an opportunity to create an impression that would guide how all subsequent answers to questions got interpreted.”

— Greg Carlson

“Maybe there was something safe in the not knowing, something that made it feel like all the mundane questions you were usually required to…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz