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Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection that is the source of real intimacy and friendship. ↗

— David Burns

#emotion #feelings #friendship #intimacy #relationships

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#knowledge #languages #travel #understanding #communication

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. ↗

— Peter Drucker

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I tried all kinds of approaches: sexy, friendly, intimidating—nothing worked. I’m starting to think there’s an invisible force field that prevents honest communication between X and Y chromosomes. ↗

— Jody Gehrman

#humor #communication

When we change the way we communicate, we change society ↗

— Clay Shirky

#society #change

A curtain of stars, miles of them, are scattered, glowing, across the sky and their multitude humbles me, which I have a hard time tolerating. She shrugs and nods after I say something about forms of anxiety. It's as if her mind is having a hard time communicating with her mouth, as if she is searching for a rational analysis of who I am, which is, of course, an impossibility: there... is... no... key. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#mouth #star #communication

When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e., the verbal information I'm trying to convey) is only one part of it. Another part is stuff about me, the communicator. Everyone knows this. It's a function of the fact there are so many different well-formed ways to say the same basic thing, from e.g. "I was attacked by a bear!" to "Goddamn bear tried to kill me!" to "That ursine juggernaut did essay to sup upon my person!" and so on. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#communication #language #communication

The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

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It is always hazardous to express what one has to say indirectly and allusively. ↗

— Walter Pater

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