“If you are aware of chronic or severe mistreatment and do not speak out against it, your silence communicates implicitly that you… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you'd given… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Then I felt that every inflection of my voice, every word in my mouth, was a lie, a play whose sole purpose… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
Americans whisper the word Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word Alzheimer's. And although a whisper is better than the silence that… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
I just want to hear the true voices of women self-expressing - smart ones, stupid ones, ugly ones, beautiful ones, good ones,… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
Babe,' Ranger said. 'Do something with her.' And he disconnected. I called Ranger back. 'No,' I said. 'And I need information on… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and watch how the pattern improves." "You suppose you are the trouble But you are… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when i am alone out there, or even here in my house, it seems almost possible that i might lose myself:… — Thomas F. Monteleone Copy Share Image
He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. Youve been thrown into… — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
“But—for good reasons rooted deeply in the nature of the person and of personal relationships—his preferred way is to speak, to communicate:… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When I asked Robert Spitzer about the possibility that he'd inadvertently created a world in which ordinary behaviours were being labelled mental… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I have to be honest with you. Islam is on very thin ice with me... Through our screaming self-pity and our conspicuous… — Irshad Manji Copy Share Image
“Teaching and learning _religious plurality often ends up privileging religious _texts_ over _practice_ and largely ignoring the social and historical contexts and… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
See thou, whatsoever be thy name -- whether Fate, Life, or Devil! I cast thee down my gauntlet, I challenge thee to… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
In some cases, people are silent; they're being complacent. But we're also seeing people speak out against some of these raids, these… — Leila Fadel Copy Share Image
“He shook his head, just looking at me. - "What?" I asked. - "Nothing" he said. - "Why are you looking at… — John Green The Fault in Our Stars Copy Share Image
Not only does silence give us a chance to understand ourselves better, to get a truer and more balanced perspective on our… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“I'm an alien in my own world, a writer without words, a musician without a piano, a magician without a wand. I… — Nema Al-Araby Copy Share Image
“Whether my mortality caught me at twenty-eight or ninety-three, I made the choice to die content, slipped into the nothingness, my atoms… — Caitlin Doughty Copy Share Image
“We walked in silence towards Swinica, beyond which the road, worn by long-distance lorries, twisted and turned; we walked slowly, like one… — Wioletta Greg Copy Share Image
Does it seem all but incredible to you that intelligence should travel for two thousand miles, along those slender copper lines, far… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these two are not the same), anxiety, self-hatred, sense of failure and fear for the… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
I've always taken any sort of audible response as a compliment, and I always understand it is our consumers' right and privilege… — John Cena Copy Share Image
When I break My Silence, the impact of My Love will be universal and all life in creation will know, feel and… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
I was surprised at the silence and the absence of movement which our departure caused among the spectators, and believed them to… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes Copy Share Image
I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I am not distressed by my own… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
[Words] cling to the very core of our memories and lie there in silence until a new desire reawakens them and recharges… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phones, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“What if you get stranded in the town where pears and winter are variants for one another? Can you eat winter? No.… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“Life's most valuable lessons are learned in absolute silence. It is when we are deep in that silence that we have the… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“He coughed out the words, which took shape of his cigarette stained teeth turned into birds bereft of wing. He stammered the… — Biyi Bandele-Thomas Copy Share Image
“calm silence filled the office as Roger Belkin sprang awake at his desk. He rarely dozed off on his throne, but today… — Jonathan Sturak Copy Share Image
“Let your thoughts run free, as if your mind is taking a leisurely Sunday afternoon walk through a garden in spring bloom.… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I can’t believe how much this place has grown,” Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in the rearview mirror. “Been a long… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image