„Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn’t everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people… Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.“

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

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„The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of a lot to say.“
— Stephen King
„I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.''You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.“
— Jane Austen
„My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.“
— Jane Austen
„I know that isn't always easy and that there is self-harm in the world. Sometimes it's hard for people to rise above things.“
— Andrew Biersack