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"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

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Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan, 1871, ch. 4.

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Carroll, Lewis. "Through the Looking-Glass." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016, ch. 4.

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

Margaret Millar

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Millar, Margaret. The Weak-Eyed Bat. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942, ch. 8.

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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

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Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber & Faber, 1989.

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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

William Hazlitt

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Hazlitt, William. "On Wit and Humour." Lectures on the English Comic Writers. c. 1818, Surrey Institution, London, England, UK.

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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

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The Spectator

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Steele, Richard, Sir. The Spectator. 26 Apr. 1711.

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"Remember when" is the lowest form of conversation.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

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"Remember When." The Sopranos, written by David Chase and Terence Winter, directed by Phil Abraham, season 6, episode 15, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2007.

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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

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"The Massage." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Robert B. Weide, season 2, episode 10, Home Box Office, 2001.

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

Don Draper

Mad Men

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"Love Among the Ruins." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner and Cathryn Humphris and Kater Gordon, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, season 3, episode 2, Lionsgate Television and Weiner Bros., 2009.

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