Quotes About Interaction

females will argue with you for 30 minutes then be like , I aint even gonna argue with you!

Even awful people can be polite for a few minutes," their father told them. "Any longer than that and they revert to the bastards they really are.

In Tariq's grimace, Laila learned that boys differed from girls in this regard. They didn't make a show of friendship. They felt no urge, no need, for this sort of talk... Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.

In the parlance of economics, Julien has said to Pari that if she cut off the supply of attention, perhaps the demands for it would cease as well.

heard enough. I berated them for gossiping

People talked to each other in between purchases to find out information. The buzz of their whispers made it sound as if the air were filled with flies.

Each time we stopped in front of a group of people to ask for information, the reaction we received was the same: they all looked at us dumbly at first, then smiled with courteous sincerity. If they knew of an escape, their knowledge would remain hidden behind their smiles before they, too, disappeared into the crowd.

It's a party,' she repeated. 'You can either miss it and take pictures of it, or you can join get a drink and join it.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I interrupt some sort of dominance foreplay?

And I can't read your mind either, just your face.

Edden called the church first," she said by way of greeting, her thin eyebrows high as she spotted Ford's arm linked in mine. "Hi, Ford." The man reddened at the lilt she'd put in her last words, but I wouldn't let him take his arm back. I liked being needed. "He's having trouble with the background emotion," I said. "And he'd rather be abused by yours?" Nice. (Ivy, Rachel and Ford)

Would you like something to drink?" I asked, thinking my rusty host skills were going to get a workout this afternoon while dealing with a woman so clearly raised on etiquette and form.

Immediately Trent went back to mowing down those cookies, slowing when he realized I was staring at him. What are we up to now? Ten?

The only thing between your head and my foot becoming real close and personal right now is my questionable professionalism.

He had always pitched in his conversational ante, and if he had contributed infrequently thereafter, it was because he was only interested when the stakes reached a certain minimum level. Small talk was usually a waste of time.

Not that it would be wasting my time to chat in a bar with a good-looking woman, obviously, but I wanted to know as much as possible going in, because under the impact of a woman's direct gaze I am likely to suffer a mind wipe.

Best to strip all statements of real content, this was a basic law of diplomacy.

That's all civilization is, a giant mill grinding out gossip.

The Amex man had even lifted his wrist to his mouth to take down a note, in a gesture obviously meant to be seen:

We should do this more often," Charlotte lied. "For sure," Larry lied back.

Group dynamics were complex at best, even (he grimaced) unexplainable.

Any man in the company of two woman is outnumbered four to one however amiable they may be. By definition. 'So when its just you and me I outnumber you two to one, is that right?' Affirmative.

There have been so many times I felt like I've ended the conversation lately I've decided that if I had a Wu Tang name it'd be Threadkilla.

Well, bless my soul, what stupid creatures one has to mix with in this world!