Air Quote by Laura Kasischke

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

— Arundhati Roy

It was funny to hear her voice aloud. Her thoughts and perceptions usually existed so deep inside her, they rarely made it to the…

— Ann Brashares

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. Maybe many of us won't be here to greet her, but on a…

— Arundhati Roy

“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

Silence is a girl's loudest cry. If she is speechless, her heart is too tired for words.

— Alexia

Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that…

— Anonymous

“She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try…

— Jane Austen

“Silence does not mean yes. No can be thought and felt but never said. It can be screamed silently on the inside. It can…

— Amy Reed

“I would give anything not to have to spend the next twenty minutes sitting across from her, because she doesn't believe in letting silence…

— John Green

“Listen to a woman speak at a public gathering (if she hasn't painfully lost her wind). She doesn't "speak," she throws her trembling body…

— Hélène Cixous

“She wants to know why she can’t hear you,” Rue explains. “I told her your voice has been lost, so she’s keeping your hand…

— Josin L. McQuein