Love without conversation is impossible.

You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.

—Mortimer Adler

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

—Mortimer Adler

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

—Mortimer Adler

We love even when our love is not requited.

—Mortimer Adler

The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.

—Mortimer Adler

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

—William Hazlitt

Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I'm aloof. Maybe I just want to be alone. Maybe I'm not good at conversation. We all can't be cool and gregarious and 'Hey, bro what up?' like he apparently is. Some of us aren't wired for that.

—Jenn Bennett in Approximately

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

—Christopher Morley

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

—Rebecca West

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

—André Maurois