Clearing Quote by Anonymous

“I lost my voice, but I had words.”

— Roxane Gay

“From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words--perceptive and many others--have helped me to be the thing she saw…

— Karen Swallow Prior

“Have you ever closed your eyes and listened to the sound of your own mother's voice?”

— Anonymous

“Words were the most powerful tool. Simple and so often underestimated. They could heal. They could destroy. And I needed to use my words…

— Jennifer Armentrout

“Make sure you write it all down, now. Everything you see and think and feel. Your voice is your own, it matters.”

— Kate Morton

“Today I am unafraid of lifting up my voice, calling it my own and discovering its infinite beauty.”

— Shauntay Grant

“My mother spoke, alive again inside my brain...She spoke and I listened to her, because I was afraid if I didn't her voice would…

— Anna Quindlen

“A mother's voice is like no other. We recognize every lilt and whisper, every warble or shriek.”

— Mitch Albom

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

— S.M. Boyce

“ I hear my mom in my head, for just a second, since her voice has mostly evaporated—water to air, or maybe disintegrated, dirt to…

— Julie Buxbaum

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

— Carla H. Krueger