She had been ready to kill Da, ready for years, but now…

“her true name is never spoken aloud.”

— Kris Waldherr

“There was nothing worse than hearing your own fears spoken aloud.”

— Kristi Cook

“Damiãno is hot,” Lucia murmured, then realized she’d spoken aloud. “And by that, I mean, I respect his mind.”

— Kresley Cole

“Words need not be spoken aloud, friend, to prove unwelcome. I but answered my own thoughts.”

— Steven Erikson

And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.

— Kate DiCamillo

“If you spoke something aloud, it made it real. Ignore it for long enough and it might go away. Only it never did. It…

— Victoria Jenkins

One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books…

— Paul Lisicky

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

— Bob Edwards

“We all have goals and dreams. Say them aloud to yourself; if they don’t sound slightly impossible then they aren’t set high enough.”

— Noel DeJesus

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.

— Mary Oliver

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very…

— Andrew Wyeth

“Saying something aloud, anything coming from my heart was more than acknowledging it; it was owning it. I needed to hear the words come…

— Cari Kamm

Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear much resemblance…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

— J. Patrick Lewis

I think many poets, including myself, write both for the voice and for the page. I certainly write for the person alone in the…

— Adrienne Rich