Able Quote by Hedda Hopper

After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak.

— Marya Hornbacher

If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister,…

— Peter Welch

I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me.…

— Audre Lorde

If you are not able to be silent, you will not be able to speak well.

— Henri Nouwen

I speak as I must and cannot be silent.

— Joanne Harris

I keep shut when I'm told to but not when I'm speaking.

— Alyssa Tillmon

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the…

— Temple Grandin

I was scared to death to speak in public.

— Doris Burke

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

— C. S. Lewis

I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive.

— Mark Twain

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone.

— Vincent Van Gogh

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