"People love to talk but hate to listen.  Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers;  it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.  You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer."

~ Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 - August 22, 1942) American writer, poet.