Listening – Quotes

The human need for

The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a person’s existence. Gao Xingjian

I support people if they are called to be active and protesting, resisting, working for restoration or, for more just political conversation. I also support everyone in listening to each other. We’re at a very interesting and disturbing time in terms of our civil discourse. And yet always, in disturbance, things are shook up and … Read more

It was understood that

It was understood that they shared the same thresholds–the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one … Read more

Listening to music and

Listening to music and driving – that’s the best way to listen to music. You just kind of zone out. Driving’s so futuristic – you’re barely putting in any effort, and this huge machine is pummeling down a strip of concrete. Galcher Lustwerk

By listening, by caring,

By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you. Gail Sheehy

Bring acceptance and compassionate

Bring acceptance and compassionate self-talk. Say nice things to yourself – you’re the only one listening. Tell yourself, I am doing the best I can. Gabrielle Bernstein

I think you think

I think you think that phone sex is about getting the caller off, but it’s about keeping the caller on. It’s about leading with your personality and making sure that they’re still listening to you and that they’re still interested in you because you cannot make money when they hang up. Gabourey Sidibe

When I was listening

When I was listening in on the phone call where Andre Leon Talley was saying that he was going to get my fat, black ass on the cover of a magazine. I think that – you know, Andre Leon Talley is fat and black. And it hurt my feelings. It hurt my feelings. But it … Read more

She asked him to

She asked him to come and see her that night. He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. But that night, in his burning bed, he understood that he had to go see her, even if he were not capable. He got dressed by feel, listening in the dark … Read more

People understand when I

People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you’re doing. Gabriel Iglesias