“We didn't talk about our scars, the ones you could see and the ones you couldn't.”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Source: Along for the Ride
Quotes about talking page 10
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Alain de Botton book The Consolations of Philosophy
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter IV, Consolation For Inadequacy, p. 148
“When I talk of taking a trip I mean forever.”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist
“The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.”
Henri Murger (1822–1861) novelist and poet from France
Source: For One More Day
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch
Pt. 2, ch. 16
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Sena Jeter Naslund (1942) American writer
Source: Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
“I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“People who talk less frequently notice more.”
Judith McNaught (1944) American writer
Source: Someone to Watch Over Me
“One might have supposed that the true act of love was to lie together and talk.”
Mary Renault book Fire from Heaven
Source: Fire from Heaven
“If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull.”
Sue Monk Kidd book The Mermaid Chair
Source: The Mermaid Chair
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Burns
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Rises
Teresa Medeiros (1962) American writer
Source: Goodnight Tweetheart
Judy Blume (1938) American children's writer
As quoted in Good Advice (1993) by William Safire, p. 125
“I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.”
Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.”
Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad
Source: A Visit from the Goon Squad
“No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves”
Hugh Prather (1938–2010) American writer
Source: I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Tempt Me at Twilight
Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“You are talking crazy-person talk. Put your words in word places please.”
Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film
Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Time of Your Life
“Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Source: The Ladies of the Corridor
“I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.”
Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter
Source: The Portable Henry Rollins
“He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.”
Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia
Source: The Queen of Attolia
“One more drink and you're dead. This is no way to talk to a suicide head.”
Charles Bukowski book Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Victoria Moran (1950) American writer
Source: Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit
“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.”
A.A. Milne book Winnie-the-Pooh
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: On the Edge
“After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.”
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
Source: Joe Jones
“Why do you insist on talking about what does not exist?”
Gabriel García Márquez book Love in the Time of Cholera
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
“Won't you stay
We'll put on the day
And we'll talk in present tenses”
Joni Mitchell (1943) Canadian musician
Source: Chelsea Morning [With] CD
Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012) American writer
Source: Go Ask Alice
“You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again.”
Emily Giffin (1972) American writer
Source: Love the One You're With
“Do I have to talk to insane people?"
"You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.”
Jasper Fforde book The Woman Who Died a Lot
Source: The Woman Who Died a Lot
“How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?”
Mary Doria Russell Children of God
Source: Children of God
“Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.”
Flann O'Brien book The Third Policeman
Source: The Third Policeman (1967)
Variant: I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.
Source: Room (novel) (2010)
Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
“I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking”
Jeffrey Archer book Only Time Will Tell
Source: Only Time Will Tell
“I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.”
Iain Banks book Use of Weapons
Source: Culture series, Use of Weapons (1990), Chapter II (p. 417).
Context: He shrugged. “Whatever.”
“Aw, Darac, come on; argue, dammit.”
“I don’t believe in argument,” he said, looking out into the darkness (and saw a towering ship, a capital ship, ringed with its layers and levels of armament and armor, dark against the dusk light, but not dead).
“You don’t?” Erens said, genuinely surprised. “Shit, and I thought I was the cynical one.”
“It’s not cynicism,” he said flatly. “I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.”
“Oh well, thank you.”
“It’s comforting, I suppose.” He watched the stars wheel, like absurdly slow shells seen at night: rising, peaking, falling...(And reminded himself that the stars too would explode, perhaps, one day.) “Most people are not prepared to have their minds changed,” he said. “And I think they know in their hearts that other people are just the same, and one of the reasons people become angry when they argue is that they realize just that, as they trot out their excuses.”
“Excuses, eh? Well, if this ain’t cynicism, what is?” Erens snorted.
“Yes, excuses,” he said, with what Erens thought might just have been a trace of bitterness. “I strongly suspect the things people believe in are usually just what they instinctively feel is right; the excuses, the justifications, the things you’re supposed to argue about, come later. They’re the least important part of the belief. That’s why you can destroy them, win an argument, prove the other person wrong, and still they believe what they did in the first place.” He looked at Erens. “You’ve attacked the wrong thing.”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
There's Treasure Everywhere
“"You're pining."
"Look who's talking. 'Oh, I love her. Oh, she's my sister. Oh why, why, why--'"”
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Jace Herondale and Alec Lightwood, pg. 33
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
“I thought… that we could at least talk about books.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince
Source: Clockwork Prince
Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) British writer
Source: The Game of Kings
“Real dialogue isn’t about talking to people who believe the same things as you.”
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017) Polish philosopher and sociologist
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Variant: Remember how before, I was talking about Dungeons and Dragons?
Vividly, Jace said. It was a dark time.
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist