#talking

People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer. ↗

— Alice Duer Miller

#talking #love

What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#being #eighties #gay #interesting #like

It’s not how you look in the mirror that's important, what's important is how you are reflected in the eyes of the people who love you. --T. Hammond (Red Rover) ↗

— T. Hammond

#blind-seduction #don-t-swear-in-front-of-the-dog #he-repeats-everything #talking-dog #love

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. ↗

— Catherine Gilbert Murdock

#talking #relationships

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words. ↗

— William Faulkner

#silence #stupidity #talking #words #stupidity

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#happiness #harm-reduction #talking

Oh, good. You're starting to talk about yourself in the third person. That's not a sign of impending megalomania or anything. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #talking

First sign of madness, talking to your own head. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#madness #talking

If you weren't driving, I'd kiss you senseless," I tell him. He swerves to the side of the road and stops the car abruptly. "Not driving any more. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#talking

Do I dazzle you? ↗