Quotes About Dialogue

Many of our discussions took place as we walked up and down the streets, sat on benches or stood in doorways taking shelter from the rain.

Conversation is king; content is just something to talk about. —Cory Doctorow

How are you feeling?" Kendra asked. "Stabbed," he said.

I will kill you , the words said. Death, death, death. "Well... that's pleasant," Elend said.

You bastard!" Wax shouted toward the box. "Now, now," the box said. "That's patently false, Waxillium. You have a very clear understanding of my parentage.

Just having an abstract conversation about linguistic parallelism.

Speak dumb person, please.

Bastards!" Wayne said. "Wayne!" "Fine! Regular old turds then!

It wouldn't be polite for me to interrupt," Notum said. "Please continue your insane rant.

People often silence themselves, or "agree to disagree" without fully exploring the actual nature of the disagreement, for the sake of protecting a relationship and maintaining connection. But when we avoid certain conversations, and never fully learn how the other person feels about all of the issues, we sometimes end up making assumptions that not only perpetuate but deepen misunderstandings, and that can generate resentment.

I gave him a nervous smile and said "Say more." Another favorite rumble tool. Asking someone to "say more" often leads to profoundly deeper and more productive rumbling. Context and details matter. Peel the onion. Stephen Covey's sage advice still stands: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

We need common language to help us create awareness and understanding.

Here's what I'm seeing; here's what I'm making up about what I see. I have a lot of questions. Can you help me understand?" Then dig in, take notes, and ask questions, followed by: "I need some time to think about this. Can we circle back tomorrow? I'll come to you if more questions come up, and if you have questions, please come to me.

more than half talked about a cultural norm of "nice and polite" that's leveraged as an excuse to avoid tough conversations.

Stephen Covey's sage advice still stands: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Several people asked questions to hear themselves talk.

But, you say, there is very little conversation in this book. Why isn't there more dialoge? What we want in a book by this citizen is people talking; that is all he knows how to do and now he doesn't do it. The fellow is no philosopher, no savant, an incompetent zoologist, he drinks too much and cannot punctuate readily and now he has stopped writing dialogue. Some one ought to put a stop to him. He is bull crazy.

Indirect questions can produce direct answers. - Anne-Brit Höglund

It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.

We commonly do not remember that it is … always the first person that is speaking.

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard

I don't understand you.

If you decline to understand me I wholly decline to understand you.

Why it would be a pleasure," I replied rather foolishly. "Do you mean for you?" "Well, yes—call