There is another way to think about conversation, one that is less about information and more about creating a space to be explored. You are interested in hearing about how another person approaches things–her or her opinions and associations. In this kind of conversation– I think of it as 'whole person conversation'–if things go quiet for a while you look deeper, you don't look away or text a friend. You try to read your friends in a different way. Perhaps you look into their faces or attend to their body language. Or you allow for silence. Perhaps when we talk about 'conversations' being boring, such a frequent complaint, we are saying how uncomfortable we are with stillness. . Sherry Turkle
Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.
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Alysha Speer
If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?
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Jodi Picoult
Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.
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Ann Druyan
Bet you can't even name one romantic movie you like, " she teased. She felt smug when a few minutes went by and Oliver was still unable to name one romantic movie he could profess to enjoy. The Empire Strikes Back, " Oliver finally declared,...
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Unknown
Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision. Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy. Trust, even when...
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Alysha Speer
More Quotes By Sherry Turkle
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
