Hana-tate Quote by Lauren Oliver

“She wasn't actually speaking to me, she was singing a kind of lullaby of talk. But, eventually, the music stopped. ”

— Alice Sebold

“I turn the key and I turn the key and I turn the key and she doesn't do a damn thing.”

— Rachel Cohn

“Her siren smile appeard and her eyes lit up the room. Her laghter sounded like music.”

— Katie McGarry

“Now, when he sat at the piano, he did not play music for the company the notes provided him. He played the music so…

— Meredith Duran

“I turn up the music, but it never seems to be loud enough.”

— Elizabeth Heller

“She listens closely to the silence as though the sounds just beneath the surface are awaiting to release the significance of a moment.”

— Truth Devour

“I try to hear her voice, try to separate that single pitch from the shouts and applause. But she’s as lost to me as…

— David Levithan

“She actually moved her neck back and forth as though to shake off the cumbersome weight of the sound, and realized that she had…

— Elizabeth Strout

“the music would look Liesel in the face. I know it sounds strange, but that’s how it felt to her.”

— Markus Zusak

“She starts to walk away and I know that I have to stop her. Before I even have a chance to think about what…

— Beckie Stevenson

“rushing through her system drowned all other sound. Numb, she listened to the world pulse in and out around her. Then, deathly silence reigned.    ”

— Adriana Noir

“..." like many elderly people, she has developed a selective sense of hearing. She ignores me and continues on her own track...”

— Peter Høeg