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The site has a large collection of literary quotes about communication.<\/a> \u00a0These are some of my favorites.<\/p>\n In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Age of Innocence<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Edith Wharton<\/a><\/p>\n “Old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Dandelion Wine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Ray Bradbury<\/a><\/p>\n Often I must speak other than I think. That is called diplomacy.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Dune Messiah<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Frank Herbert<\/a><\/p>\n “With no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Treasure Island<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Robert Louis Stevenson<\/a><\/p>\n Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Woman in White<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Wilkie Collins<\/a><\/p>\n “Words,” said the host, at length, “is worse’n bullets. You never know what they’ll hit.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Night Horseman<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Max Brand<\/a><\/p>\n Fair speech may hide a foul heart.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Two Towers<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0J. R. R. Tolkien<\/a><\/p>\n We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Anne of the Island<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Lucy Maud Montgomery<\/a><\/p>\n “I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Uncle Tom’s Cabin<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/a><\/p>\n Never tell all you know\u2014not even to the person you know best.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Secret Adversary<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Agatha Christie<\/a><\/p>\n Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly useful to optimists and lecturers.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Job<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Sinclair Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n The fool wonders, the wise man asks.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Count Alarcos: A Tragedy<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Benjamin Disraeli<\/a><\/p>\n A slight throbbing about the temples told me that this discussion had reached saturation point.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Right Ho, Jeeves<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0P. G. Wodehouse<\/a><\/p>\n Mrs. Bittacy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Man Whom the Trees Loved<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Algernon Blackwood<\/a><\/p>\n To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The Portrait of a Lady<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Henry James<\/a><\/p>\n The site has a large collection of literary quotes about communication. \u00a0These are some of my favorites.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[947],"tags":[234,323,487,109,451,108,1146,941,354,925,639,306,682,419,708,255,286,182,388,953,1200,464,707,369,1199,685,532,936,863,638,228],"class_list":["post-5200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quote-topics","tag-agatha-christie","tag-algernon-blackwood","tag-anne-of-the-island","tag-benjamin-disraeli","tag-communication-quotes","tag-count-alarcos-a-tragedy","tag-dandelion-wine","tag-dune-messiah","tag-edith-wharton","tag-frank-herbert","tag-harriet-beecher-stowe","tag-henry-james","tag-j-r-r-tolkien","tag-lucy-maud-montgomery","tag-max-brand","tag-p-g-wodehouse","tag-ray-bradbury","tag-robert-louis-stevenson","tag-sinclair-lewis","tag-the-age-of-innocence","tag-the-job","tag-the-man-whom-the-trees-loved","tag-the-night-horseman","tag-the-portrait-of-a-lady","tag-the-secret-adversary","tag-the-two-towers","tag-the-woman-in-white","tag-topic1","tag-treasure-island","tag-uncle-toms-cabin","tag-wilkie-collins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMore Quotes about Communication<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"