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Quotes About Interaction

I'm an extra in your story. Well, you're an extra in mine, boy.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
It was not going Frankie's way. Talking to Zelda felt like talking to a radio. It talked back, but you couldn't call it a conversation.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Paddy asks me, smiling
~ Cathy Cassidy
Jamey wouldn't be saying goodbye because he would continue to be Reece's social worker and, I hoped (after our chat on the phone), would be seeing more of Reece in the future. It
~ Cathy Glass
others met (if at all) only virtually, whose institutional status
~ Cathy N. Davidson
year (and still remains there) inviting comments by anyone registered to the site. An innovative digital tool, called Commentpress, allowed any reader to open a comment box for any paragraph of the text and to type in a response, and
~ Cathy N. Davidson
We also held three public forums
~ Cathy N. Davidson
combining, probing, and developing insights online together.
~ Cathy N. Davidson
He slowed his runner's stride so as not to overtake her.
~ Geraldine Brooks
Icouldn't get a thing right this morning. My mind just wasn't on my work. I could barely look at the boy. I couldn't meet his eye.
~ Geraldine Brooks
value of face time: never write a memo if you can make a phone call, never make a phone call if you can meet in person.
~ Geraldine Brooks
Jess looked up. Was it possible he was hitting on her?
~ Geraldine Brooks
Was she hitting on him? He
~ Geraldine Brooks
Never give advice unless asked.
~ German proverb
Then the children could hear a man talking. It was the baker!
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The separation of church and state, however interpreted, did not signify the separation of church and society.
~ Gertrude Himmelfarb
Qué espera de mi la gente? -Que tú no esperes nada de ella.
~ Gianni Rodari
I didn't know what to say in reply, so I simply nodded, which always works because the meaning is put into it by the person you are talking to.
~ Gianrico Carofiglio
Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Certainly there are some things which I can find out about you only, or best, through being told of them by you. The oculist has to ask his client what letters he sees with his right and left eyes and how clearly he sees them; the doctor has to ask the sufferer where the pain is and what sort of a pain it is; and the psychoanalyst has to ask his patient about his dreams and daydreams.
~ Gilbert Ryle
They're more fun outside your head than in, Campbell.
~ Giles Foden
But friction is mostly a negative force, socially speaking. It reduces efficiency." "Yes, but that negativity prevents bad plans as much as good ones. That
~ Giles Foden
he analyzed how a mundane action, such as deciding to order bouillabaisse in a restaurant (or not) creates social labels and markers that sort people into different groups.
~ Gillian Tett
By necessity, we are direct and swift in speech and movement. This is the true dynamic that underlies our apocryphal rudeness. Also true: we do not make eye contact. Neither do we encourage it. Consider the number of humans a New Yorker will pass on a given day – on the subway, in a train or bus terminal, in an office or simply walking down the street. To facilitate speed and minimize drama, it's productive to keep one's eyes focused ahead.
~ Gina Greenlee