Quotes About Communication

Even symbols decayed.

Forget language. After all, it bores me. The senses. And this much is true: any communication must transcend the immediacy of solidarity, must be mediated by ideological and economic connections. And there the senses reappear. No use giving in to words.

Thus spake to him the steeds who

The unspoken word we control. Once spoken, it controls us.

Cats speak a subtle language in which few sounds carry many meanings, depending on how they are sung or purred. "Mnrhnh" means comfortable soft chairs. It also means fish. It means genial companionship... and the absence of dogs.

Believe them and they'll tell you all sorts of things.

Believe them and they'll you all sorts of things.

When you tell the truth, they don't believe you. And it was easier to tell the truth.

Sex can be estranging; it can drive two otherwise compatible people apart.

A yawn is a silent scream.

People with BPD judge themselves harshly all the time and find judgments lurking around the corner of every raised eyebrow, sneeze, yawn, or shoulder shrug. You must be acutely aware of how your responses can be misconstrued as judgments.

There is one universal gesture that has one universal message--a smile

Think ere you speak

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Las armas hablaban lenguajes distintos, pero pronunciaban la misma palabra: ¡muerte, muerte, muerte!

A good teacher is one who gives honest answers.

I do not expect from someone what they will not or cannot give me.

IT COMES FROM SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT. Guilt trips only work with people close to you. If there's no real emotional connection, guilt trips don't work. •?YOU

No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman.

The art of teaching is clarity and the art of learning is to listen.

There is something in the eyes of a bonobo that you don't see in those of a tiger or a shark. They are human eyes, but not the cautious glimpse of a stranger you pass on a city street, or the pretended interest of a shrink you're paying $300 an hour. Or someone you think you recognize but don't. The eyes of a bonobo are the eyes of your best friend or a lover or a priest. They see into you. They see nothing else. They invite confession.

I wanted you to know me.

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

My primary motivation for writing is to communicate my perceptions and insights into the human condition, in a way that may provide understanding, comfort, and company to others.