Small Talk Quotes

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.

weather determination

MANNERS

Honestly,
some people's manners
repel you.
Ask how they are
and, god dammit,
they tell you.

Small talk has an image problem. It's hard to take it seriously. After all, it's small talk, isn't it?

Small talk is not about facts or words. It's about music, about melody. Small talk is about putting people at ease. It's about making comforting noises together like cats purring, children humming, or groups chanting.

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

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