Pretending Quote by Laini Taylor

“He forced his mind clear of other thoughts and waited. Stillness, he had learned, did not come naturally. He practiced it. Sometimes, as he…

— Elizabeth Musser

When you listen, I know you're really listening and not just waiting for your turn to talk.

— Anonymous

He tried to listen to the conversations going on at the table and he found that he could no longer concentrate on what anyone…

— Neil Gaiman

“He wasn't even listening. He hardly ever listened to you when you said anything.”

— J.D. Salinger

It is as though he listened and such listening as his enfolds us in silence in which at last we begin to hear what…

— Laozi

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

— John Steinbeck

When you interrupt, you've stopped listening. People need to be heard.

— Jerry Seinfeld

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

— Laura Hillenbrand

“It takes patience to listen. It takes skill to pretend you’re listening.”

— Harmon okinyo

“He needs to be listened to, he needs to be heard. He needs at least the illusion of being understood.”

— Margaret Atwood

“But not only didn’t he read, he didn’t listen. He preferred to be the person talking. And he trusted his own expertise—no matter how…

— Michael Wolff

It takes patience to listen... It takes skill to pretend that you are actually listening.

— Nikhil Saluja