Best quotes by Deborah Tannen on Life

Checkout quotes by Deborah Tannen on Life

  • A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life.
    - Deborah Tannen
  • Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.
    - Deborah Tannen
  • Sister relationships span a huge range, from best friends to worst enemies. From 'I adore her; I talk to her five times a day' to 'I decided to cut her out of my life.' For most women, it's in between.
    - Deborah Tannen
  • 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
  • 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