"For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships."

-- Deborah Tannen

#Connections Quotes #Way Quotes #Language Quotes

“Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.”
“I cover my face with my arms because this isn't happening. It isn't possible. For someone to make Peeta forget he loves me . . . no one can do that.”
“I'm one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go, I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it's OK for me to return home.”
“In really, really good science fiction, the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.”
“I have so many indie bands on my iPod. What I don't really understand is the attitude that if a band is unknown, they're good, and if they get fans, then you move on to the next band.”
“As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with the story, so that's going to be no drawback as far as I'm concerned. "Good Lord, why am I so bored" "I know; it must be the plot developing harmoniously." So I often reply to myself, and there rises before me my special nightmare that of the writer as craftsman, natty and deft.”
“You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positiveE-lim-i-nate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmative.Don't mess with mister inbetween.”

Source : "Accentuate the Positive" (song) (1944)
“There is no doubt that America is now the prime target of international communism.”

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