Empty Quote by Jodi Picoult

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and…

— Carson McCullers

He could say nothing. He had no right to be there, he had already been profoundly changed, he was no good at small talk,…

— Mark Helprin

As a matter of fact she does not know to this day if those words were spoken, or if he only caught her, wound…

— Alice Munro

“She knew every word that had ever been spoken, but she could think of nothing to say that might ease his grief.”

— Scott Hawkins

Now that she decided she knew exactly what she wanted –him- she couldn’t wait to break the news. And if he didn’t want her,…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“the way he talked to her. It was outrageous. It was blunt. It was impossible. And it was ... precisely what she needed, the…

— Courtney Milan

“She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home and safe.…

— Jamie Weise

“There were no words, no capacity to form them, but there were thoughts swelling huge in her head and he was in every one…

— R. Lee Smith

He just wanted to hold her to him and tell her it would be okay, that she had survived and was beautiful.

— Kim Harrison

“right now he couldn’t tell her the truth.”

— Tina Folsom

“She wished to say everything; she was afraid he might die before she had done so.”

— Henry James

“All the things she couldn’t say, the things no one wanted to hear.”

— Spencer Gordon