Quote by Jennifer Lynch

“Some people are not really good listeners. They are merely good at keeping quiet for a long time, while someone is talking to them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It's interesting to watch my friend speak carefully about what he thinks I'll find interesting.”

— Sarah Manguso

“So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make.”

— Tracy Kidder

“I liked to hear him talk, skipping from one thought to another with his eclectic mix of innocence, wisdom, mild mysticism and earthiness.”

— Fabian Black

“Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet.”

— Krista Tippett

“So much talking makes it hard to listen.”

— Karen Rivers

“Sometimes it is good to listen and not say anything.”

— Bhagya Chandra

“He listens when I talk.”

— Gwenda Bond

“I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.”

— Walker Percy

“I’m too quiet. But I’m really not quiet. I just tend to come across that way to new people because I don’t like to…

— Lauren Barnholdt

“Most people just get up and talk because they know you will listen—and you usually do.”

— Marion Bekoe

“Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence.”

— Louis Sachar