Quotes About Interaction

Your reading is no longer solitary: you think of the Other Reader, who, at this same moment, is also opening the book; and there, the novel to be read is superimposed by a possible novel to be lived, the continuation of your story with her, or better still, the beginning of a possible story.

Ada m'afferrò subito la mano. Ebbi un brivido. Offre molto una donna porgendo la mano! Ho sempre sentito questo. Quando mi fu concessa una mano mi parve di afferrare tutta una donna. Sentii la sua statura e nell'evidente confronto fra la mia e la sua, mi parve di fare atto somigliante all'abbraccio.

It is true what they say: without an audience, a storyteller is just some guy talking to himself.

First I had to meet her, and see if she would be game.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

The Pharisees had just given Him a stubborn, silent answer to a question, so He gave them an equally silent rebuke.

Diskurse herrschen nicht. Sie erzeugen eine kommunikative Macht, die die administrative nicht ersetzen kann, sondern nur beeinflussen kann.

Het is altijd vervelend wanneer iemand je geen antwoord geeft of niet doet alsof hij je niet verstaat. Dat gebeurt op vergaderingen ook wel eens. De woorden blijven in de lucht hangen, zoals dat heet, en de betrokkene doet zijn uiterste best zijn verlegenheid en irritatie te verbergen door zich met een scherpe wending in zijn betoog tot iemand te richten die op dat moment toevallig in zijn richting kijkt.

I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.

I enjoyed the meetings, too. It was like having friends.

Christopher Hitchens once said that he drinks "because it makes other people less boring.

The child is alone only in the presence of someone.

Psychotherapy takes place at the overlap of two areas of playing: that of the patient and that of the therapist. Psychotherapy has to do with two people playing together. The corollary of this is that where playing is not possible then the work done by the therapist is directed towards bringing the patient from a state of not being able to play into a state of being able to play.

Brianna says. "You're a good professor." She condescends through tears.

Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.

To be interesting, be interested.

Most haven't a clue as to how socially inept their own actions are.

The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.

The voice was almost perfectly human. "Hello, Anthony." "Hello, Ultron," said Tony Stark.

The exchange was as warm and friendly as a pair of automated range finders getting a mutual target lock.

I've learned that speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.

Excuse me," said Andrea, raising her hand to ruin everybody's fun like always.

Good morning, good morning!" Mr. Harrison said to everybody. He was holding a paper coffee cup. I guess he must have stopped off to buy coffee on the way to school. Some of the teachers saw his cup and surrounded him.

boo-boo on you. It was Miss Daisy! "Well, hello again, third graders!