#conversation

We define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle against, the things our significant others want to see in us. Even after we outgrow some of these others—our parents, for instance—and they disappear from our lives, the conversation with them continues within us as long as we live. ↗

— Charles Taylor

#dialogue #life #parents #self #self-identity

She said one thing and I said another and the next thing I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life in the middle of that conversation. ↗

— Hank Moody

#conversation #love #life

Every person has something meaningful to say in the conversation of life. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#expressing-yourself #life-lessons #life

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#language #silence #love

In Nepal, the quality of conversation is much more important than accuracy of the content. Maybe we get overexcited about information in England? ↗

— Jane Wilson-Howarth

#nepal #love

Let me explain before another word is written: I have never once asked a cat, "So tell me what's up, Charlie?" and Charlie says, "Jeez Jackson, thanks for asking. A little annoyed by the fluorescent lights, and will you please check out this tiny piece-of-junk pan I have to crap in but, hey, I still got my legs, you know? Can't complain, pal. ↗

— Jackson Galaxy

#cat #conversations #life

Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and dinnertime conversation. Such people are either gravely ill or secretly detest everyone around them. ↗

— Mikhail Bulgakov

#wine #women #love

The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#mind #nature

...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#failure #father-son #father-son-conversation #father-son-relationship #fiction

And it's not just a matter of you hurting me. I will hurt you too, even if I don't want to, I'm not the girl you think I am. And you will remember this conversation , and wish that you'd listened to me. ↗

— Cinda Williams Chima

#raisa #conversation