Quote by Caryl Churchill

“I heard a knocking in my skull, and kept running to the door, but there was never anyone there.”

— Emma Donoghue

“I was screaming and no one could hear.”

— Alexandra Bracken

“You weren't there.”

— Hammond Innes

“That no matter how loud you shout, sometimes you’re left alone. Sometimes, no one comes.”

— Sarah Hilary

“But nobody was there; nobody was even looking.”

— Rachel Abbott

“There was nowhere to go that wouldn't be me.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“No one sang up there. No one ever laughed too loud. Even the gods were silent.”

— George R.R. Martin

“We had a yelling contest there the other night to see which could yell the loudest. To my surprise I found I could. You…

— L.M. Montgomery

“Ah! I had been screaming. I realized it. Lots of mortals around me, high up in the night, were telling me to be quiet.”

— Anne Rice

“Even when I was nothing, I was arriving.”

— Durga Chew-Bose

“Please ” I whispered. “Please come back.” There was no one there to hear me.”

— Eilis O'Neal

“Everyone you lost was still there with you, and so maybe no one was ever lost at all.”

— Joe Hill