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"Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind."
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"I'll tell you a piece of news - I hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell."
"Words do have purpose; they are essential clues in determining actions, or lack thereof."
"Don't let them tell us stories."
"In an honest effort to gain understanding, asking questions do not, necessarily, imply a conclusion has been determined. They can be used to avoid making the wrong judgement. If building trust is the ultimate goal - there is no need to be defensive, or feel threatened by any inquiry."
"Listening is more important than solutioning."
"If we do not touch the heart, we will soon weary the ear."
"What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?"
"Language is a ladder that always falls short of reality."
"Understanding knowledge as an essential element of love is vital because we are bombarded daily with messages that tell us love is about mystery, about that which cannot be known. We see movies in which people are represented as being in love who never talk with one another, who fall into bed without ever discussing their bodies, their sexual needs, their likes and dislikes. Indeed, the message is received from the mass media is that knowledge makes love less compelling; that it is ignorance that gives love its erotic and transgressive edge. These messages are brought to us by profiteering producers who have no clue about the art of loving, who substitute their mystified visions because they do not really know how to genuinely portray loving interaction."
"Sometimes a loved one might not 'spit' the message in the most tender or poetic fashion that suits you, but don't allow a rugged style to blind you from a loving intent. It's the spirit of the message one must receive beyond [the] perception of one's senses; be mindful of hearing with the heart."
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"I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?"
"But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example."
"Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves."
"All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears."
"There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence."
"International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge."
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