“As a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves.” — Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record
Tag: conversation
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“In the meantime let us try and converse calmly, since we are incapable of keeping silent.” — Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
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“Much of that which passes for conversation these days is the lobbing of small bombs of dogma and little clots of banality at one another.” — Dee Hock, Autobiography of a Restless Mind
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“A duel in the form of a debate. The clash of arguments and jar of words, Worse than the mortal brunt of rival swords, Decide no question with their tedious length, For opposition gives opinion strength.” — William Cowper, Conversation
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“A fool must now and then be right by chance.” — William Cowper, Conversation
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“Method is not less requisite in ordinary Conversation than in Writing, provided a Man would talk to make himself understood.” — Joseph Addison, The Spectator, N° 476
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“We’re addicted to stories that can help us make conversation and take our minds off our own problems.” — Dave Pell, “Punching The Golden Ticket“ (2016-08-30)
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“There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.” — Rebecca West, There Is No Conversation
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“Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.” — Margaret Millar, The Weak-Eyed Bat
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“There was much conversation, most of which sounded like the rest of it.” — Sinclair Lewis
“There was much conversation, most of which sounded like the rest of it.” — Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith