Black-woman Quote by Malebo Sephodi

“I’ve a goodly share of faults. I rush in, where I should tread carefully. I speak, where I should listen. But when I hear…

— Courtney Milan

“Listening to them, I imagine myself a gorgeous stubborn singer, traveling the world with hope and a guitar, turning as rough and piney as…

— Fanny Britt

“birds here sing readily enough without me buying them sheet music.”

— Emma Jameson

“They march from safety, and the bird-sung joy Of grass-green thickets, to the land where all Is ruin, and nothing blossoms but the sky”

— Siegfried Sassoon

“And so well did they hide themselves in their love that grass grew over their hearts and all their loud songs became indecipherable ribbons…

— Jesse Ball

“I like the idea of songs sung by those without big voices. You know, small birdsongs that rise above the noise of the city.”

— Kyo Maclear

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very quiet if only those birds sing there that sang best.”

— Henry Van Dyke

“I sing without knowing what my song means, and whether the listening world is amazed or wounded.”

— Margarita Engle

“Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Look. Listen. Use ears I'd be proud to call our own. Listen to the silence behind the engines' noise. Jesus, Sweets, listen . Hear…

— David Foster Wallace

“They uprooted indigenous songs, and planted lies in the ground to grow a new story.”

— Susan Abulhawa

“those who do not sing cannot even imagine the joy of singing.”

— Gabriel García Márquez