Quotes About Communication

Bob, I said over my shoulder. Tell her it's me. Can't, Bob said in a dreamy tone. Boobs.

The worst lies are almost always silence—or else truth, tainted with just enough deception to rot it to the core.

The stupid part is that he isn't interested in... in getting serious. We get along. We have fun together. For him, that's enough. And it's so stupid for me to get hung up on him.

My brother threw up his hands. What does a woman need to do, Harry? Rip her clothes off, throw herself on top of you, and shimmy while screaming, 'Do me, baby!'? he shook his head. Sometimes you're a frigging idiot.

It's not everyone who can teach you something about faith without saying a word to do it.

There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

Let me be clear that I never offered House Astor an insult... Nor did I insult Reginald. I simply described him in accurate terms. If he finds himself insulted by the truth, it's hardly my concern.

There's power in the touch of another person's hand. We acknowledge it in little ways, all the time. There's a reason human beings shake hands, hold hands, slap hands, bump hands.

Because your balls are in a vise and I'm the only one who can pull them out," I said. He arched an elegant silver eyebrow. "Okay," I said. "That came out a little more homoerotic than I intended." "Indeed," said the Merlin.

This is what is going to happen, Aleran. You will no longer lie with me. You will treat me in exactly the fashion that you would any proper young lady of the Citizenry. You will court me, and do it well, or so help me I will strangle the life from you. Um, Tavi said. And, she said, a massively threatening quality in her tone, you will court me properly after the ways of my people. You will do so with legendary skill and taste. And only when that is done will we share a bed once more.

I thought I told you I didn't want to talk to you, Mr. Dresden. I like women who play hard to get.

Love you. That should have been simple enough to say. But the words stuck hard in my throat. I'd never said them to anyone I didn't lose

I couldn't ever remember actually doing more than waving at this guy as I went past. I was pretty sure I hadn't ever introduced my dog. How did he know Mouse's name? Damned pooch is more a of people person than I'll ever be.

hardly a man ever made a fool of himself by keeping his bloody mouth shut.

Speak only to those who listen. Anything else is a waste of breath. The answers to your questions were there, if you listened for them.

Susan smiled at me, giving Molly the Female Once-Over—a process by which one woman creates a detailed profile of another woman based upon about a million subtle details of clothing, jewelry, makeup, and body type, and then decides how much of a social threat she might be. Men have a parallel process, but it's binary: Does he have beer? If yes, will he share with me?

You aren't explaining it very well." "Maybe," I said. "Or maybe you aren't learning it very well.

Susan's fingers wandered, and her eyes sparkled. "Your mouth says no," she purred, "but this says yes." I went up on my toes, and swallowed, trying to keep my balance and get her hand off me at the same time. "That thing is always saying something stupid," I told her.

I'm getting dumber by the minute," I confirmed. "Ask anybody.

Honestly. He sometimes felt that humans simply had to be deliberately obtuse. What was so difficult about understanding civilized and excellently enunciated speech?

You can describe it to them as much as you want. You can write books about what you felt, what you experienced. You can compose poems and songs about what it was like. But until they've seen it for themselves, they can't really know what it is you're talking about. A few people will clearly see the effect it had on you, will understand that much, at least. But they won't know.

And you both hurt each other terribly, because you're family. Because what you say and do matters so much more than anyone else.

Kitai blinked slowly. Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous. We have a lot of words like that, Tavi said. They can mean more than one thing. That is stupid, Kitai said. It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.

How long do I have to take care of it?" I asked. "SOON." "Soon? How soon is soon? What do you mean, soon?