Quote by Lauren DeStefano

“I had thought about everything carefully before I had agreed to him. I had made every preparation, every calculation, except for those two essentials…

— Jeanette Winterson

“He doesn’t have the words, so he does practical things instead.”

— Ann Aguirre

“No words could possibly contain all he has to say. He manages to utter, at last, I'm okay, and this is enough for now.”

— Lauren Groff

“I know what words do, he thinks. They let us feel less. “No,”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Some things need to be said. And sometimes they require strong words.”

— Jessi Kirby

“I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try.”

— Ava Dellaira

“He spoke slowly; I had a sense he was groping between words for the thread of his own thoughts.”

— Leah Hager Cohen

“Our talks are wonderful, interplays, not duels but swift illuminations of one another. I can make his tentative thoughts click. He enlarges mine. I…

— Anaïs Nin

“The rest of it spilled out in an incoherent jumble, but he nodded every once in a while. I liked that about him. He…

— Lili St. Crow

“He's a good boy, he takes instruction well; I just can't think of enough things to tell him not to do.”

— Ferrol Sams

“He's an intricate, mesmerizing puzzle; I only succeeded at putting the pieces together because for once in my life I observed. I stopped talking…

— Jody Gehrman

“There were so many things I wanted to say at once if the words would just get out of each other's way. "Fine.”

— Ilona Andrews