Speaking into the Air Quotes

“Miscommunication is the scandal that motivates the very concept of communication in the first place.”
― John Durham Peters, Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication

“Open scatter is more fundamental than coupled sharing; it is the stuff from which, on splendid occasions, dialogue may arise.”
― John Durham Peters, Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication

“Those who build new media to eliminate the
spectral element between people only create more ample breeding grounds for the ghosts.”
― John Durham Peters, Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication

“If only we were angels, with transparent bodies and transparent thoughts...”
― John Durham Peters, Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication