You mean, she'd rather imagine herself relating to someone who's absent than build relationships with those around her? Amélie Raymond Dufayel relationship
— You don't tell me things, Joel. I'm an open book. I tell you everything. Every damn embarrassing thing. You don't trust me. — You don't have to be afraid of silence, Clementine. Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. — I don't do that. I want to know you. I don't constantly talk. Jesus. People have to share things. That's what intimacy is. I'm really pissed that you said that to me. — I'm sorry. I just don't have anything very interesting about my life. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Clementine Kruczynski Joel Barish relationship conversation chatter
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest. William Shakespeare The Tragedy of King Lear Motivational Quotes
"Oh, they don't miss me," she said. "I'm anti-social, they say... I don't mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what you mean by social, doesn't it?. Social to me means talking about things like this." She rattled some chestnuts that had fallen off the tree in the front yard. "Or talking about how strange the world is. Being with people is nice... But I don't think it's social to get a bunch of people together and then not let them talk, do you? An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures, and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don't; they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film-teacher. That's not social to me at all. It's a lot of funnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom, and them telling us it's wine when it's not... They run us so ragged by the end of the day we can't do anything but go to bed or head for a Fun Park to bully people around, break windowpanes in the Window Smasher place or wreck cars in the Car Wrecker place with the big steel ball... Or go out in the cars and race on the streets, trying to see how close you can get to lamp-posts, playing `chicken' and 'knock hub-caps. I guess I'm everything they say I am, all right. I haven't any friends. That's supposed to prove I'm abnormal. But everyone I know is either shouting or dancing around like wild or beating up one another... Do you notice how people hurt each other nowadays?" Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Clarissa McLellan human, people study school communication
Absolute honesty isn't always the most diplomatic, nor the safest form of communication with emotional beings. Interstellar TARS honesty emotions Sarcastic Quotes
Did you know that cigarettes are a shield against meaningful interaction with other people? It's true. I read it. People protect themselves emotionally by relating to their cigarettes instead of each other. That's what struck me last night watching all those people standing around with their cigarettes. Why is everyone so afraid? Why are people so scared of each other? 200 Cigarettes Kevin (Lucy's friend) smoking, cigarettes
I find that polishing my interactions... in order to make them sociable requires a tremendous effort. A Beautiful Mind John Nash
Because if l didn't respond we were still having a conversation. I was still in it. Eat Pray Love David Piccolo time Ironic Quotes
Well... You know how they say: «it's been a pleasure»? It hasn't. Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 1 Mike Ehrmantraut Ironic Quotes
Writing letters and meeting personally are two different things. Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Tina Kapoor letters
— It's a relief to be able to talk without having to explain oneself, isn't it? — A relief, and a privilege. Downton Abbey Season 3 Episode 9 communication life quotes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Bible. Old Testament The Book of Proverbs words
You left just when you were becoming interesting. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Henry Jones, Senior family Ironic Quotes
1 in 68 children in this country are diagnosed with a form of autism. But if you can put aside for a moment what your pediatrician and all the other NT's have said about your son... What if we're wrong? What if we've been using the wrong tests to quantify intelligence in children with autism? Your son's not less-than. He's different. Now, your expectations for your son may change over time, they might include marriage, children, self-sufficiency. They might not. But I guarantee you, if we let the world set expectations for our children, they'll start low, and they'll stay there. And maybe... Just maybe... He doesn't understand how to tell us. Or... we haven't yet learned how to listen. The Accountant Neurologist autism uniqueness children