Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
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A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.
That's why people read books. You get to have the real conversation, as opposed to the pseudo-conversations we have in everyday life.
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process.
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.
People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.
I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!
In this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others' attempts to push them away.
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