Deborah Tannen

Deborah Tannen is professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author, most recently, of "You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships," from which this essay is adapted.

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Redefining Masculinity//August 24, 2017

Why Men And Women Talk Past Each Other About Their Problems

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills . . . There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”

- MARCUS AURELIUS

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