It's not that there is no small talk. . . It's that it comes not at the beginning of conversations but at the end. . . Sensitive people. . . 'enjoy small talk only after they've gone deep' says Strickland. 'When sensitive people are in environments that nurture their authenticity, they laugh and chitchat just as much as anyone else.
Killing people was far easier than making polite chitchat.
You always need something to complain about. And if you can't come up with anything better, you come along with team leaders. I don't believe in this chitchat.
I can’t chitchat and make breakfast at the same time. You could help, you know, instead of standing there like the Queen of England. Although you’re a lot better-looking.
What do I care about my chitchat from yesterday?
Every universe, our own included, begins in conversation. Every golem in the history of the world, from Rabbi Hanina's delectable goat to the river-clay Frankenstein of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, was summoned into existence through language, through murmuring, recital, and kabbalistic chitchat -- was, literally, talked into life.
Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances.
