Ginan

“He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump.”

“Fist-bump. It’s just ‘fist-bump.’”

“Understand.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“But sometimes not being responded to leaves us feeling so hurt and angry that it can make us retreat from relationships, even for years.”
― Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships

“Sometimes people appear to be listening but aren’t really hearing. Some people are good at being silent when we talk. Sometimes they betray their lack of interest by glancing around and shifting their weight back and forth. At other times, however, listeners show no sign of inattention, but still we know they aren’t really hearing what we have to say. It feels like they don’t care.”
― Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships

“The essence of good listening is empathy, which can be achieved only by suspending our preoccupation with ourselves and entering into the experience of the other person.”
― Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships