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Rebecca West Quotes: There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.
         

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.


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All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.



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The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.



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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.





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This page presents the quote "There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.". Author of this quote is Rebecca West. This quote is about monologues, illusion, conversation, language, communication,.