Coversation Quotes

“It is so rare to find someone of true understanding; for the most part they judge purely by their own standards and ignore everyone else. So all they see of me is a façade. There are times when I am forced to sit with them and on such occasions I simply ignore their petty criticisms, not because I am particularly shy but because I consider it pointless. As a result, they now look down upon me as a dullard.”
― Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Lady Murasaki

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. ”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“I thought to myself that a conversation was a strange thing that could take you almost anywhere. Often you were left stranded miles from where you had started, with no idea about how to get back.”
― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders