Billie holiday Quote by Jacqueline Woodson

“I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know. Some things…

— Shawshank Redemption

“The sound of her voice was painful. She screamed, sobbed, whispered Hallelujah. But she never sang it.”

— Brenna Yovanoff

“She couldn’t remember the last time she had heard his voice, the last time he had spoken her name. His voice still sang to…

— Sarah Brianne

“A rock, I thought crazily. He'll pick up a rock. He'll break open my skull, my brain leaking onto the sand. He'll tighten his…

— Emma Cline

“She was like a song on the radio that touches a person so profoundly they call the station just to find out who sang…

— Michael Banebrook

“About how their song had never sounded so sweet. And of the man who held her. Of how it felt as if he was…

— Juliana Stone

“Clara said that Billie Holiday woke up crying. Clara said that if you sing the blues, you know that if you can’t make friends…

— Amy Bloom

“Thinking about Toni and how she can never know what kind of a monster she went to bed with. Maybe even had a little…

— Caspar Vega

“I heard her singing.”

— Suzanne Collins

“I’m not Helen Keller—I’m Van Gogh. It’s not that I can’t hear, it’s that I don’t use my ears.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I am not a terribly physical person. Helen wasn't either. We'd never hugged or even shaken hands, so it was odd to find myself…

— David Sedaris

“Her voice was unusually deep toned for a girl, he thought. Girls were always screaming what they had to say. Her throaty voice made…

— Lloyd C. Douglas