Susanna Clarke Quotes

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.

Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

I have no message.

Any friendship or relationship is about a language.

You speak to be understood, right? And you're understood so you can be felt. And you're felt so you can get what you want.

I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent. I prefer education or understanding, which are more human.

You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate.

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.

Language cares.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.

Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.