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Novel · Children's literature

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings."

Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass · 1871

★ 5.4

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.

Margaret Millar

1942

★ 5.2

Novel

Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in-particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day · 1989

★ 4.5

Lecture

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

William Hazlitt

1819

★ 3.6

When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.

Sir Richard Steele

The Spectator · 1711

★ 3.5

TV program · Crime (TV) · Drama (TV) · Crime · Drama

"Remember when" is the lowest form of conversation.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos · 2007

★ 2.3

TV program · Comedy (TV)

He wanted to stop and chat with me and I don't know him well enough for a stop and chat.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 2001

★ 2.2

TV program · Drama (TV) · Drama

If you don’t like what is being said, then change the conversation.

Don Draper

Mad Men · 2009

★ 2.1

Sociology

Ideal conversation is an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

Emily Post

1922

★ 1.9

Short story

Conversation... Is the art of never appearing a bore, of knowing how to say everything interestingly, to entertain with no matter what, to be charming with nothing at all.

Guy de Maupassant

1876

★ 1.8

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