Bill Bryson Quotes

People Don't Talk Like This, Theytalklikethis. Syllables, Words, Sentences Run Together Like A Watercolor Left In The Rain. To Understand What Anyone Is Saying To Us We Must Separate These Noises Into Words And The Words Into Sentences So That We Might In Our Turn Issue A Stream Of Mixed Sounds In Response. If What We Say Is Suitably Apt And Amusing, The Listener Will Show His Delight By Emitting A Series Of Uncontrolled High-pitched Noises, Accompanied By Sharp Intakes Of Breath Of The Sort Normally Associated With A Seizure Or Heart Failure. And By These Means We Converse. Talking, When You Think About It, Is A Very Strange Business Indeed.

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