“A good listener is usually thinking of something else.”

“When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.”

“I’ve learned to get really good at this—say one thing when I’m thinking about something else, act like I’m listening when I’m not, pretend to be calm and happy when really I’m freaking out. It’s one of the skillsyou perfect as you get older. You have to learn that people are always listening.”

“It's not all or nothing, honey. It's usually everything and something else.”

“Usually, if you think something's wrong, it probably is...”

“I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older”