Appropriate Quote by Holly Black

“The habit of silence is lead on the tongue.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The surest of stubborn silences is not to hold one's tongue but to talk”

— Kierkegaard

“Move thy tongue, For silence is a sign of discontent.”

— Elizabeth Cary

“would remain quiet in my cage,”

— Eve Yohalem

“One moment of unwelcomed silence is more disheartening than a lifetime of incessant screams. And the silence deafens me.”

— Scott Hildreth

“You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you.”

— Nenia Campbell

“Silence is best reserved for the fearful and foolish.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Silence is very dangerous, especially when your words can be the only source of healing at a moment.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“One would think of a boy laying syllables with his tongue onto a woman’s skin: those are lines sewn entirely of silence.”

— Ilya Kaminsky

“I wanted to scream as I stood there, my toes hanging over the edge of the dock. I wanted to let a gut-wrenching howl…

— Keary Taylor

“When the silence and the aloneness press down and around me, crushing me, carving through me like ice, I need to speak aloud sometimes,…

— Gail Honeyman

“There's a frightful muteness that dwells at the center of all unspeakable things, and I had found my way into it.”

— Sue Monk Kidd