Author: Deborah Tannen

Quotes

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.

- Deborah Tannen

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

- Deborah Tannen

I was one of those daughters who saw my mother as my enemy when I was a teen.

I was one of those daughters who saw my mother as my enemy when I was a teen.

- Deborah Tannen

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

- Deborah Tannen

A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.

A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.

- Deborah Tannen

A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.

A sister is someone who owns part of what you own: a house, perhaps, or a less tangible legacy, like memories of your childhood and the experience of your family.

- Deborah Tannen

Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.

Where the daughter sees power, the mother feels powerless. Daughters and mothers, I found, both overestimate the other's power - and underestimate their own.

- Deborah Tannen

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