listening Quotes

“Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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“But there’s none so blind . . . as those who will not listen.”

― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

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“Most of all, he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with a quiet heart, with a waiting, opened soul, without passion, without a wish, without judgement, without an opinion.”

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

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“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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“the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.”

― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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“What is it that I’ll want from you? Not love: that would be too much to ask. Not forgiveness, which isn’t yours to bestow. Only a listener, perhaps; only someone who will see me.”

― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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“Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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“cats and dogs . . . never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.”

― Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

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“The only advice I can give you is what you’re telling yourself. Only, maybe you’re too scared to listen.”

― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

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“Do you know . . . why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”

― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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