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Tuesday, September 02, 2003


"Good Talk is Pure Gold" (Relationships)

Interview with Garrison Keillor, one of my favorite modern authors. (Salon.com) He used to be the relationship advice columnist for Salon:

"A good relationship comes down to conversation and sex and good manners, I suppose. And if you can continue your conversation and your bawdiness and your good manners for more than 10 years, then you're doing awfully well. Conversation is the truest barometer in a relationship and when you're not moved to open your heart to your lover, something's wrong that needs fixing. We all know that. And yet it's a fabulous gift, true conversation. The world is so full of cant and rote and reflexive chatter, that good talk is pure gold, and it's what lovers need from each other."


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