Lisa Kleypas Quotes

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

It's hard enough to sit at a table and talk to most people as it is. But we can go to some town, and there's 300 people we've never met before, and by the third song, we're connecting with everyone in that room.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

Long conversations with pals when neither you nor they have had a drink can be a test of palship.

Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.

Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.

It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant.

Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

I grew up in a house where there was lots of teasing and language play and laughter; it was very important. When I was a teenager, you wouldn't go to a bar and find lots of televisions everywhere. People were talking. Talk was the mental fire you would gather around in the evening. It occupied a big part of your existence.

Love without conversation is impossible.

All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

If you show you're human and have something to say, people will connect with you.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

I'm an ordinary Hackney boy, and I can talk to people.

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

If you love it enough, anything will talk with you.

What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking.

Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves.

You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.