I hope I never have to live in a country where I can’t communicate with my neighbor.
Mouths don't empty themselves unless ears are sympathetic and knowing.
Just because he doesn't say much doesn't mean that he hasn't feelings like the rest of us.
His general presence was not one which encouraged relaxed conversation; neither were things helped much by his odd way of stating each remark as if it were the concluding one.
She didn't like to be talked about. Equally, she didn't like not to be talked about, when the high-minded chatter rushed on as though she was not there.
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.