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“Huy smiled every time he remembered to smile, to send a message that he wasn't unhappy. He had learned how to stop people from asking him what was wrong. He wasn't unhappy, he was happy to come and he was happy to watch and he was happy to listen and laugh. He figured his friends must have thought he did not have any opinions on the things they were discussing, but he did, and he wrote them down when he got home. Just because you're not good at speaking, doesn't mean you're not good at listening and thinking, he wrote on the inside front cover of his black and white speckled composition notebook.”

“When a person pauses in mid-sentence to choose a word, that's the best time to jump in and change the subject! It's like an interception in football! You grab the others guy's idea and run the opposite way with it! The more sentences you complete, the higher your score! The idea is to block the other guy's thoughts and express your own! That's how you win! Conversations aren't contests! Ok, a point for you, but I'm still ahead.”

“You can not control the thought, but you can control the tongue.”

“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.”

“Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish.”

“चटर-पटर बोलता हूँ, दिन भर इधर-उधर, कहीं बोलता हूँ सही, तो कहीं पर बस गलत-गलत, लेकिन जो चाहता हूँ वो एहसास, करवा नहीं पाती ये बातें यहाँ, बिन बोले जो बात है, वो बोलने में कहाँ...”

“When there is both name and reality, We dwell in the realm of things; When there is neither name nor reality, We exist in a vacuity of things. We can speak and can think, But the more we speak, the further off we are. What is not yet born cannot be forbidden, What is already dead cannot be prevented. Death and birth are not distant, It's their principle that cannot be seen.”

“Men believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Bobby Shaftoe learned most of his practical knowledge – how to fix a car, butcher a deer, throw a spiral, talk to a lady, kill a Nip – from the latter type of man. For them, trying to do anything by talking is like trying to pound in a nail with a screwdriver. Sometimes you can see the desperation spread over such a man’s face as he listens to himself speak.”

“A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous or uncomfortable, just speak your truth. Instead of acting like everything is all right, proclaim it isn't alright, and talk about your feelings! Honor your truth. Honor yourself. Be real.”

“A szüleink belénk verték a megfelelő hanglejtés fontosságát, nem haraphattuk el a szavak végét, nem tűrtek semmiféle hányaveti ragozást. Azt tanultuk, hogy rendesen ki kell ejteni a szavakat."(...) (Dandy is hatással volt ránk, pedánsan kijavította a nyelvtani hibáinkat, vagy ebéd közben ránk szólt, hogy artikuláljunk rendesen. A cél az volt, hogy felülmúljuk önmagunkat, és előrébb jussunk. Mindezt kó előre gondosan eltervezték. Erre ösztönöztek minket. Nemcsak azt várták el tőlünk, hogy okosak legyünk, hanem azt is, hogy felvállaljuk az eszünket - hogy büszkék legyünk rá -, és ez megmutatkozott beszédünkben is. Minden azonban problémákat okozhatott. Egy bizonyos beszédmód - a fehér stílus, ahogyan egyesek nevezték - árulásnak hatott, fellengzősnek, mintha megtagadtuk volna saját kultúránkat.”

“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to fuck.”

“Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.”

“We now know that there is a critical period for language development. If you do not learn to speak as a youngster, you may never learn to speak. The babbling-cooing between baby and mother is a proto-language developed on the way to structuring specific facial muscles: the shapes that the tongue, lips, cheek and jaw will make and the ear will process in the construction of language. The baby is repeating the sounds she or he hears. It takes a lot of practice to get your tongue, mouth, jaw and cheek muscles to coordinate and accurately reflect back what is heard.”