“People talk a lot but they rarely say anything.”

“You young people never say anything. And us old folks don't know how to stop talking.”

“I knew people were talking, but I wasn't listening. I wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say.”

“I’m not a sociopath or a freak (although I don’t suppose people who are sociopaths or freaks self-identify as such); I just don’t enjoy being with people. People, at least in my experience, rarely say anything interesting to each other. They always talk about their lives and they don’t have very interesting lives. So I get impatient. For some reason I think you should only say something if it’s interesting or absolutely has to be said.”

“We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.”

“I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my favourite leisure activity,”