Personal experience Quote by Alan Bradley

“One of the best things about being deaf is that you can't hear anyone talking smack about you.”

— Ashley Fiorek

“In most of us there is a tiny voice we consult as part of our thought processes. Deaf people literally don’t hear themselves thinking.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“People get so angry with me when I can't hear anything, because they know I love how it feels to drown out their voices.”

— Starlight Tucker

“The more we hear ourselves grumble and complain, the more we take it to heart and believe our own words.”

— Nancy Wilson

“When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.”

— Carla H. Krueger

“Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Most people took no more notice of the profoundly deaf than they did of their own shadows. They”

— Joe Hill

“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”

— Janna Cachola

“And when enough people are quiet for long enough, a handful of voices can give the impression that everyone is screaming.”

— Fredrik Backman

“Don’t let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.”

— S.M. Boyce

“People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people.”

— Neil Gaiman