39 quotes found
“Sometimes the real action in a conversation takes place in the pauses, when nothing at all is being said.”
“She: Why was there a distance between you and me?He: Distance makes us realize how much we miss someone.She: Did you realize that?He: I did.She: How much did you miss me?He: Every breath of mine ha...”
“The house, and all the objects in it, crackled with static electricity; undertows washed through it, the air was heavy with things that were known but not spoken. Like a hollow log, a drum, a churc...”
“I understand your actions more than your conversations.”
“How did that go [Butler] asked. Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age.Fabulous, said Artemis, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Were planning a June wedding.”
“I have always tried to avoid talking to pretty girls, because pretty girls have a vicious effect on me in which every part of my brain is shut down except for the part that says unbelievably stupid...”
“Was it possible that perhaps the most plausible explanation was being offered by someone who anyone with an ounce of sanity would have long ago consigned to the realm of the insane?”
“I am the Thomas Edison of conversational stupidity.”
“I'm liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there.”
“I am in no mood to fulminate on paper--I wish the two of us were in a room together talking of what matters most, the air thick with affinity. In January a man crawls into a cave of hopelessness; h...”
“Whats your rank of choice?Juliet started, nearly spilling her cup of lemonade. Pardon?Drake gestured to all the other men in the room. Every rank from a duke down to a second son who became a vicar...”
“Elizabeth smiled warmly. "For you I will allow it, Mr. Trask. How is your wife, sir? Still putting up with you, or has she finally come to her senses and run away?" Trask laughed, slapping his knee...”
“You dont have to speak at allI know what youd say- Laura”
“Tell me something wonderful," he said to Dane. "Tell me that we are going to die dreamfully and loved in our sleep.""You're always writing one of your plays on the phone," said Dane."I said, someth...”
“...when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone bei...”
“You have to talk to your children about things, a lot of our parents don’t do that. You have to explain things to children as to why certain things happen. I think that a good way of improving comp...”
“How did that go” [Butler] asked. “Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age.”“Fabulous,” said Artemis, his voice dripping with sarcasm. “We’re planning a June wedding.”
“What’s your rank of choice?”Juliet started, nearly spilling her cup of lemonade. “Pardon?”Drake gestured to all the other men in the room. “Every rank from a duke down to a second son who became a ...”
“You don’t have to speak at all—I know what you’d say…- Laura”
