Communication Quote by John Steinbeck

“They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway.”

— John Steinbeck

When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for…

— John Steinbeck

“...one did not need to speak much, only to say what was worth hearing when one did.”

— Shelley Adina

“They didn't speak a word, but it was still their best conversation in a long time.”

— Katrina Kittle

“You don't have to speak. Words fade," she whispered. "I know that better than anyone. Words are forgotten; they are regretted.Unnecessary. I know.”

— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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

— Violet Kupersmith

“...talk is an art and a pleasure, not a matter of mere use and need.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“It was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else.”

— Alexandra Bracken

“Now Lucy sighed on his behalf. Communication must be difficult when your ass whittled the opposite sex’s vocabulary down to one word.”

— Tessa Bailey

“She said 'no' to the words he spoke, and 'yes' to the voice that spoke them.”

— Ayn Rand

“It was enough to be near her and hear her talk, it didn't always matter what she was saying. It should have, but it…

— Gillian Flynn

“It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers.”

— Aimee Bender