Loss Quote by Fredrik Backman

“People had long conversations with him, only to realize later that he hadn't spoken.”

— Laura Hillenbrand

“He knew then why his voice had abandoned him. Because it takes courage to talk to people.”

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“She couldn't have told you whether it was because she was afraid, or because such a voice in the darkness seemed of necessity a…

— Henry James

“She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn’t let him speak. She would…

— Ian McEwan

“It was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else.”

— Alexandra Bracken

“She was tired of people saying things they thought she wanted to hear almost as much as she dreaded them saying the things she…

— Freya North

“It sounded to him like the noise of too many mouths that talk and too few minds that think.”

— Lisa Unger

“She caught something in his voice. It was bitter and full of loss, but when she looked into his eyes, she saw regret there,…

— Amanda Gray

“When I spoke to her, I had the feeling that her thoughts had been nourished in wide-open spaces where talk was sparse and silence…

— Siri Hustvedt

“When he spoke, there was an odd vulnerability to his deep voice. As if he were letting her peek inside one of the dark…

— Lara Adrian

“Or she could listen to that other voice, the voice that wasn’t a voice but something so deep, so indivisible from her own consciousness…

— Lisa Unger

“She looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent.”

— Dennis Sharpe