I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to…

"There is love." Someone wrote that for me on a piece of paper in an airport when I probably looked like I really needed…

— Madi Diaz

I issued a number of denials to people I thought needed to hear them

— William J. Clinton

Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them couldn’t hear anything. Ever again.

— Rachel Vincent

“Okay, here’s a cheat I learned in a leadership seminar. It’s called active listening. Someone says something, a complaint, or a criticism, or they’re…

— wildbow

Only keep still, wait, and hear, and the world will open.

— Richard Powers

“The fact that I can't hear the world around me leaves me to focus more on the world inside me.”

— Colleen Hoover

“Sometimes God’s voice is hard to hear over the world.”

— Karen Kingsbury

I still hear the world spinning.

— Kamila Shamsie

What senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?

— Frank Herbert

“Some things are ill to hear when the world’s in shadows.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Calling all the girls, do you hear me? All around the world - city to city.

— Trey Songz

Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

— Lisa Scottoline

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

— Terry Pratchett

“Guess when you know no one's listening, you just stop talking.”

— Mariah Stewart

“The fact that you have access to the microphone doesn't mean you know everything. There are others listening to you, who know more things…

— Israelmore Ayivor