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Quotes About Communication

His boots crunched behind me. "And stop following me!" I yelled over my shoulder. "I'm not following you.Stop walking in front of me.
~ Jennifer Echols
Art is the most effective form of communication.
~ Jennifer Echols
Stay away from her." "Okay." "Keep your hands off her." "I'll try." He scowled at me. "I will," I said.
~ Jennifer Echols
Shut up. I'm drunk and I'm trying to confess, so just let me do it, okay?
~ Jennifer Echols
Just be prepared," she said. "When you do come back to live with me, you are SO GROUNDED for calling me the chicken that crossed the road.
~ Jennifer Echols
I need to explain all this to Adam in private. I can't get McGillicuddy to explain it to him. Something will be lost in translation." "Well, excuse me that I can't look at him all googly-eyed," my brother said. "And he's liable to punch you," I said.
~ Jennifer Echols
Adam thinks that you two are in an argument." My body zinged into alert mode. My mind didn't know what Mrs. Vader meant, but my body already did. Even Sean glanced over at her with a cautious look. "He does?" I asked faintly. "A bad one," she confirmed. "How could we be in a bad argument without me even knowing about it?
~ Jennifer Echols
I know what you're thinking.Girlfriend has fallen out of the stoopid tree and bonked her head against every branch on the way down.
~ Jennifer Echols
You think it hurts your feelings that girls talk about you behind your back, until they tell you to your face. And they each wanted a turn. Every time, it started with 'girlfriend' and ended with 'bitch.
~ Jennifer Echols
Better you than Cameron " McGillicuddy grumbled. "I know where Cameron's been." Sean snorted. Cameron said "I already told you I did NOT come on to Lori.
~ Jennifer Echols
But Hunter did sneeze, and what I'd thought was his concern for me had actually been a presneeze expression.
~ Jennifer Echols
It was better that we never apologized to each other. Then we'd be admitting that we were wrong and we owed each other something. That's where people got into trouble.
~ Jennifer Echols
Talking about your feelings helps you let go of your anger. And it takes a lot of energy to be angry all the time.
~ Jennifer Echols
Lori, did you and Adam have a fight? I mean, another fight? A humdinger?" I snorted. "No, I'm sobbing in Frances's lap because she will marry our father someday and bring back the vegi/soy mayonnaise." "What's the matter with vegi/soy mayonnaise?" Frances asked. McGillicuddy wrinkled his nose at the memory.
~ Jennifer Echols
Sarcasm was a weapon for children.
~ Jennifer Echols
He nodded to my fiddle case. "Why didn't you come play with me?" Immediately he rolled his eyes at himself. "That's not what I meant." I didn't point out that if he was constantly hearing double entendres in his own words, he had a dirtier mind than he wanted to let on. Sam having a dirty mind was okay with me. It was adorable, actually, as long as his mind was on me.
~ Jennifer Echols
Mrs. Vader shook her head as she picked up a sponge and wiped the counter. "Lori, you need to watch out around these boys." I was still miffed at her for implying I didn't have a mind of my own. "Maybe they need to watch out around me." I had thought this for a while, but I never said it out loud. When I saw the look on Mrs. Vader's face, I wished I could take it back. "Maybe they do!" Her voice was shrill.
~ Jennifer Echols
I brushed some imaginary lint from my shirt, or touched my cleavage to catch his eye, depending on your perspective.
~ Jennifer Echols
This was about to go very bad, because Adam was going to cry. "I miss you," he said, and his voice broke.
~ Jennifer Echols
Cold and anger were not a good mix. "Hayden," Nick called from behind me. Oh, good! Just what this walk needed: a double-shot of ex to go with that cold and anger.
~ Jennifer Echols
Too late I realized this sounded like a come-on. Yeah,Hayden, he would say, I want you to show me some- wink- stretches! -nudge nudge.
~ Jennifer Echols
Can you put your hands on my crotch?" "Why, hell no, I cannot." I didn't remember anything like this happening in Pride and Prejudice .
~ Jennifer Echols
Taking his hand I said "Fank woo." "Hm " he laughed with his mouth closed.
~ Jennifer Echols
Even though i'd admittedly accepted every advance he made on me, picking up my hand and putting it on his thigh seemed mighty forward of him. I didn't take the radical step of removing my hand,but I did open my mouth to act all indignant. He put two fingers to my lips to stop me from talking.He knew me pretty well. His mouth close to my ear,he growled, "You know,you and I are exes." "So?" I asked around his fingers.My skin tingled with excitement,or possibly eucalyptus poisoning.
~ Jennifer Echols