Deborah Tannen : (4)

" American popular culture, like individuals in daily life, tends to either romanticize or demonize mothers. We ricochet between ‘Everything I ever accomplished I owe to my mother’ and ‘Every problem I have in my life is my mother’s fault.’ " - Deborah Tannen

" I wouldn’t say that it’s hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do. " - Deborah Tannen

" In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment. " - Deborah Tannen

" There’s the bond of a connection and the bond of bondage… When you are connected to somebody, everything each one does affects the other, and it’s a kind of bondage. You’re not as free as you would be if that person wasn’t in your life. " - Deborah Tannen