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"A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
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"Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation."
"Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation."
"The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I'd get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you."
"Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it."
"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."
"No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad."
"I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation."
"And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of getting to know the characters."
"The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk."
"I called Vee.'How are you doing?' I asked.'Good. How are you?''Good.'Silence.'Okay,' Vee said in a rush, 'I am still totally freaked out. You?''Totally."
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"For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
"A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion."
"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself."
"If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good."
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