There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. – Rebecca West, “There is No Conversation,” 1934

And there is monologue disguised as dialogue, in which two or more men, meeting in space, speak each with himself in strangely tortuous and circuitous ways and yet imagine they have escaped the torment of being thrown back on their own resources. – Martin Buber (1878—1965), translated from German

The words you choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak. – Author Unknown

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. – Karl Popper, Unended Quest