talk

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
3187b07	A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.	keep-silent inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking optimism life wisdom inspirational silent talk	Roy T. Bennett
8f0df60	"Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt." Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me."	reading sandry tris talk	Tamora Pierce
3a495a2	In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments	john-green turtles-all-the-way-down talk	John Green
838f979	But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?	world talk	L.M. Montgomery
59e709c	The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.	influence leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational listen leader leaders important talk listening talking	Roy T. Bennett
b2c6a06	You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.	time talk shame	Raymond Carver
721a9f6	If you need to talk about your childhood, you're safe with me. If you need to break into a million pieces, I'm right here, Lev. I'll find them all, I'm good at details, and I'll put you back together. You're safe here.	safe talk	Christine Feehan
bdff052	I mean talk. Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, and even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen. So I talk with him.	sorrow god questioning friend talk	Nicholas Sparks
d069fd9	"Eragon went to see the dragon for the first time since it had spoken to him. He approached apprehensively, aware now that it was an equal. "Eragon." "Is that all you can say?" he snapped. "Yes." His eyes widened at the unexpected reply, and he sat down roughly. "	talk the-inheritance saphira eragon dragon sarcasm	Christopher Paolini
ff1b79a	They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving.	pain grief loss light pale windows morning leaving talk	Raymond Carver
54008c8	Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.	philosophers talk	Philip K. Dick
f35c66d	The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.	good auschewitz south-sudan sentiment indifference apathy tolerance west genocide rwanda sudan holocaust hitler hollow talk evil	Philip Gourevitch
9073588	If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.	talk mysterious	Lauren Bacall
1614196	Talk is only a pretext for other, subtler forms of communication. When the latter are inoperative speech becomes dead. If two people are intent upon communicating with one another it doesn't matter in the least how bewildering the talk becomes. People who insist upon clarity and logic often fail in making themselves understood. They are always-searching for a more perfect transmitter, deluded by the supposition that the mind is the only instrument for the exchange of thought. When one really begin to talk one delivers himself. Words are thrown about recklessly, not counted like pennies. One doesn't care about grammatical or factual errors, contradictions, lies and so on. One talks. If you are talking to some one who knows how to listen he understands perfectly, even though the words make no sense. When this kind of talk gets under way a marriage takes place, no matter whether you are talking to a man or a woman. Men talking with other men have as much need of this sort of marriage as women talking with women have. Married couples seldom enjoy this kind of talk, for reasons which are only too obvious.	talk	Henry Miller
5524c6a	You're not who he expected you to be; that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely.	excuse expect fail hard intervene intervention talk perfect mistake lesson failure expectations	Robin Hobb
d9c35b2	Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk to me about money and what it can buy. But it can't buy back a child once he's dead!	kids youth death life glare glares glaring money-monetary plead buy pleading baby kid cry talk crying talking child children young dead eyes young-adults	V.C. Andrews
6f8a018	I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.	talk	Walker Percy
0d813be	You don't talk quite like a girl who has had no advantages.	way-of-speaking sue-bridehead talk girl	Thomas Hardy
05e8540	Small talk... Bernie resented it more than life itself. The weather, sports scores, frivolous gossip... nothing real, nothing serious, nothing meaningful about it. People were experts at wasting their brief, precious years on earth with small talk.	life philosophy small-talk serious meaningful small talk waste	Rebecca McNutt
987ddae	To hear them talk one would have thought they had no legs, natural functions or knowledge of the wicked world.	world talk wicked	Margaret Mitchell
6029284	Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do. But it is not the same with words. What you do not say can haunt you.	silence talk	Mitch Albom
0cf0e0d	"Good God, Keith." "Yes, I've talked to Him too and I'm still waiting on his Guidance..."	good still keith guidance yes talk	John Grisham
afe6e57	"Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone," her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. "Where've you been, what've you been up to?" "Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked. "No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation. "Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted. "No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly."	family friendship imaginary-companion imaginary-playmate invisible-friend pretend-friend sydney-tar-ponds imaginary-friend cape-breton nova-scotia call telephone dysfunctional-families eighteen pretend canada conversation friend talk girl mom mother invisible remember phone	Rebecca McNutt
a5dab83	Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women.	talk	Ursula K. Le Guin
de0c5a2	Mom used to say that the thoughts in our heads were nothing more than electrical impulses. I remember Dad and her talking about this over dinner. It frustrated Dad that the human brain can fire electrical sparks and think, but that the electricity he'd pump into an android brain would never give it independent thought. The body isn't that different from a machine. Humans and androids both run on electricity. That lightning spark of energy I saw in the reverie. That was my mother's last thought, an echo of electricity, something that sparked when I entered her dreamscape. That spark is gone now. Her life is gone now. Everything that made her, her, is gone now. Faded into nothing.	thoughts dreams life independent spark electricity talk	Beth Revis
829c2e8	"He can be..." Heat started to flow across my cheeks. "He can be very...protective." Jayden's eyes widened as his mouth opened slightly. The flush in my cheeks deepened as I pressed my lips together. "Huh. That's the first time I've heard you talk." He pushed off the locker, falling in step beside me. Shorter than his brother and Rider, he was still a couple of inches taller than me, so my neck appreciated not having to look up to see him. "Cool. I'm quiet, too." I arched a brow. He laughed. "Okay. I'm not quiet. I'm sure if you Wikipedia'd my ass, I would show up as the opposite of quiet. But that's okay. You and I would get along like lime and tequila. You can make up for my nonstop talkin' and I can make up for your lack of talkin'." He nudged my arm with his. "We're a perfect team!"	mallory-dodge rider-stark team opposites talk quiet	Jennifer L. Armentrout
f3e4ae0	Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.	mind heart speak head cool consider counsel discuss hothead realize think sense talk protest	Robin Hobb
da42760	"What does... mean?" Rider blinked and his lips slowly parted. Surprise splashed across his face. Yeah, I'd spoken in front of Hector. I felt sort of giddy. Might've only been a handful of words, but it was the first time I spoke to him. It was the first time I'd spoken to anyone in front of Rider since we crossed paths again. He'd never been around when Jayden had. Biting down on my lip to stop from grinning, I dared a peek at Hector. His light green eyes were wide, then he smiled broadly. "Means, uh, baby girl." "Oh," I whispered, feeling my cheeks heat. That was kind of nice. "It also means something he doesn't need to be calling you," Rider added, and my gaze darted back to him. Hector chuckled, and when I glanced at him, he was grinning. One arm was flung over the back of his seat. "My bad," he murmured, but nothing about the way he looked suggested he felt any guilt. My lips twitched into a small grin. Rider cocked his head to the side. "Uh-huh."	spanish hector-luna mallory-dodge rider-stark translate talk	Jennifer L. Armentrout
55b408f	"I can see why some people become "beach bunnies": you don't have to think about things or even talk when you're on the beach. You just sit here and feel good about being alive."	good beach beach-bunnies feel think talk	Jennifer Allison
54a4919	"Each time we talk, he listens to me ramble, then he tries to pass on some sort of life lesson. He warns me that money is not the most important thing, contrary to the popular view on campus. He tells me I need to be "fully human." He speaks of the alienation of youth and the need for "connectedness" with the society around me."	ramble money youth human life connect society talk lesson	Mitch Albom
1c60b32	I am not bothered by the silence. For all the noise I make with my friends, I am still not comfortable talking about my feelings in front of others - especially not classmates.	classmates silence feelings friends others uncomfortable talk noise	Mitch Albom
0eaec6c	There was nothing Mandy had wanted more than to give her full attention to the world of Personifications and ignore those who ignored her in society. She'd wanted to talk out loud to Alecto, to have conversations in front of other ordinary people. Unfortunately, to do that in front of ordinary people would only prove her insanity, and although Mandy was naive at times, she wasn't stupid.	friendship personification ordinary conversation friend talk insanity insane mental-illness psychology	Rebecca McNutt
df900ed	In light of this, my visits with Morrie felt like a cleansing rinse of human kindness. We talked about life and we talked about love. We talked about one of Morrie's favourite subjects, compassion and why our society had such a shortage of it.	shortage human life love visit society talk kind	Mitch Albom
5489e68	Some of these things I understand, some I do not. It makes no difference. The discussions give me an excuse to talk to him, fatherly conversations I cannot have with my father, who would like me to be a lawyer.	fatherly figure own discussion other difference excuse understand talk	Mitch Albom
3446ce4	The trouble with mental catch is that the ball you throw changes in midair into another. -109	talk	Adam Gopnik

A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.

keep-silent inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking optimism life wisdom inspirational silent talk

Roy T. Bennett

8f0df60

"Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt." Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me."

reading sandry tris talk

Tamora Pierce

3a495a2

In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments

john-green turtles-all-the-way-down talk

John Green

838f979

But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?

world talk

L.M. Montgomery

59e709c

The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.

influence leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational listen leader leaders important talk listening talking

Roy T. Bennett

b2c6a06

You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love.

time talk shame

Raymond Carver

721a9f6

If you need to talk about your childhood, you're safe with me. If you need to break into a million pieces, I'm right here, Lev. I'll find them all, I'm good at details, and I'll put you back together. You're safe here.

safe talk

Christine Feehan

bdff052

I mean talk. Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, and even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen. So I talk with him.

sorrow god questioning friend talk

Nicholas Sparks

d069fd9

"Eragon went to see the dragon for the first time since it had spoken to him. He approached apprehensively, aware now that it was an equal. "Eragon." "Is that all you can say?" he snapped. "Yes." His eyes widened at the unexpected reply, and he sat down roughly. "

talk the-inheritance saphira eragon dragon sarcasm

Christopher Paolini

ff1b79a

They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving.

pain grief loss light pale windows morning leaving talk

Raymond Carver

54008c8

Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.

philosophers talk

Philip K. Dick

f35c66d

The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

good auschewitz south-sudan sentiment indifference apathy tolerance west genocide rwanda sudan holocaust hitler hollow talk evil

Philip Gourevitch

9073588

If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.

talk mysterious

Lauren Bacall

1614196

Talk is only a pretext for other, subtler forms of communication. When the latter are inoperative speech becomes dead. If two people are intent upon communicating with one another it doesn't matter in the least how bewildering the talk becomes. People who insist upon clarity and logic often fail in making themselves understood. They are always-searching for a more perfect transmitter, deluded by the supposition that the mind is the only instrument for the exchange of thought. When one really begin to talk one delivers himself. Words are thrown about recklessly, not counted like pennies. One doesn't care about grammatical or factual errors, contradictions, lies and so on. One talks. If you are talking to some one who knows how to listen he understands perfectly, even though the words make no sense. When this kind of talk gets under way a marriage takes place, no matter whether you are talking to a man or a woman. Men talking with other men have as much need of this sort of marriage as women talking with women have. Married couples seldom enjoy this kind of talk, for reasons which are only too obvious.

talk

Henry Miller

5524c6a

You're not who he expected you to be; that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely.

excuse expect fail hard intervene intervention talk perfect mistake lesson failure expectations

Robin Hobb

d9c35b2

Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk to me about money and what it can buy. But it can't buy back a child once he's dead!

kids youth death life glare glares glaring money-monetary plead buy pleading baby kid cry talk crying talking child children young dead eyes young-adults

V.C. Andrews

6f8a018

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

talk

Walker Percy

0d813be

You don't talk quite like a girl who has had no advantages.

way-of-speaking sue-bridehead talk girl

Thomas Hardy

05e8540

Small talk... Bernie resented it more than life itself. The weather, sports scores, frivolous gossip... nothing real, nothing serious, nothing meaningful about it. People were experts at wasting their brief, precious years on earth with small talk.

life philosophy small-talk serious meaningful small talk waste

Rebecca McNutt

987ddae

To hear them talk one would have thought they had no legs, natural functions or knowledge of the wicked world.

world talk wicked

Margaret Mitchell

6029284

Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do. But it is not the same with words. What you do not say can haunt you.

silence talk

Mitch Albom

0cf0e0d

"Good God, Keith." "Yes, I've talked to Him too and I'm still waiting on his Guidance..."

good still keith guidance yes talk

John Grisham

afe6e57

"Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone," her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. "Where've you been, what've you been up to?" "Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked. "No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation. "Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted. "No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly."

family friendship imaginary-companion imaginary-playmate invisible-friend pretend-friend sydney-tar-ponds imaginary-friend cape-breton nova-scotia call telephone dysfunctional-families eighteen pretend canada conversation friend talk girl mom mother invisible remember phone

Rebecca McNutt

a5dab83

Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women.

talk

Ursula K. Le Guin

de0c5a2

Mom used to say that the thoughts in our heads were nothing more than electrical impulses. I remember Dad and her talking about this over dinner. It frustrated Dad that the human brain can fire electrical sparks and think, but that the electricity he'd pump into an android brain would never give it independent thought. The body isn't that different from a machine. Humans and androids both run on electricity. That lightning spark of energy I saw in the reverie. That was my mother's last thought, an echo of electricity, something that sparked when I entered her dreamscape. That spark is gone now. Her life is gone now. Everything that made her, her, is gone now. Faded into nothing.

thoughts dreams life independent spark electricity talk

Beth Revis

829c2e8

"He can be..." Heat started to flow across my cheeks. "He can be very...protective." Jayden's eyes widened as his mouth opened slightly. The flush in my cheeks deepened as I pressed my lips together. "Huh. That's the first time I've heard you talk." He pushed off the locker, falling in step beside me. Shorter than his brother and Rider, he was still a couple of inches taller than me, so my neck appreciated not having to look up to see him. "Cool. I'm quiet, too." I arched a brow. He laughed. "Okay. I'm not quiet. I'm sure if you Wikipedia'd my ass, I would show up as the opposite of quiet. But that's okay. You and I would get along like lime and tequila. You can make up for my nonstop talkin' and I can make up for your lack of talkin'." He nudged my arm with his. "We're a perfect team!"

mallory-dodge rider-stark team opposites talk quiet

Jennifer L. Armentrout

f3e4ae0

Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.

mind heart speak head cool consider counsel discuss hothead realize think sense talk protest

Robin Hobb

da42760

"What does... mean?" Rider blinked and his lips slowly parted. Surprise splashed across his face. Yeah, I'd spoken in front of Hector. I felt sort of giddy. Might've only been a handful of words, but it was the first time I spoke to him. It was the first time I'd spoken to anyone in front of Rider since we crossed paths again. He'd never been around when Jayden had. Biting down on my lip to stop from grinning, I dared a peek at Hector. His light green eyes were wide, then he smiled broadly. "Means, uh, baby girl." "Oh," I whispered, feeling my cheeks heat. That was kind of nice. "It also means something he doesn't need to be calling you," Rider added, and my gaze darted back to him. Hector chuckled, and when I glanced at him, he was grinning. One arm was flung over the back of his seat. "My bad," he murmured, but nothing about the way he looked suggested he felt any guilt. My lips twitched into a small grin. Rider cocked his head to the side. "Uh-huh."

spanish hector-luna mallory-dodge rider-stark translate talk

Jennifer L. Armentrout

55b408f

"I can see why some people become "beach bunnies": you don't have to think about things or even talk when you're on the beach. You just sit here and feel good about being alive."

good beach beach-bunnies feel think talk

Jennifer Allison

54a4919

"Each time we talk, he listens to me ramble, then he tries to pass on some sort of life lesson. He warns me that money is not the most important thing, contrary to the popular view on campus. He tells me I need to be "fully human." He speaks of the alienation of youth and the need for "connectedness" with the society around me."

ramble money youth human life connect society talk lesson

Mitch Albom

1c60b32

I am not bothered by the silence. For all the noise I make with my friends, I am still not comfortable talking about my feelings in front of others - especially not classmates.

classmates silence feelings friends others uncomfortable talk noise

Mitch Albom

0eaec6c

There was nothing Mandy had wanted more than to give her full attention to the world of Personifications and ignore those who ignored her in society. She'd wanted to talk out loud to Alecto, to have conversations in front of other ordinary people. Unfortunately, to do that in front of ordinary people would only prove her insanity, and although Mandy was naive at times, she wasn't stupid.

friendship personification ordinary conversation friend talk insanity insane mental-illness psychology

Rebecca McNutt

df900ed

In light of this, my visits with Morrie felt like a cleansing rinse of human kindness. We talked about life and we talked about love. We talked about one of Morrie's favourite subjects, compassion and why our society had such a shortage of it.

shortage human life love visit society talk kind

Mitch Albom

5489e68

Some of these things I understand, some I do not. It makes no difference. The discussions give me an excuse to talk to him, fatherly conversations I cannot have with my father, who would like me to be a lawyer.

fatherly figure own discussion other difference excuse understand talk

Mitch Albom

3446ce4

The trouble with mental catch is that the ball you throw changes in midair into another. -109

talk

Adam Gopnik