Quote by Mercy Celeste

“In June, Deacon noticed a pattern where Thursday was concerned. Woman, fight, brood alone in angry silence, rinse, and repeat”

— Mercy Celeste

“… for it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some…

— Margaret Atwood

“With her silence alone she held off, for a moment longer, the suggestion that the worst was over, the tree had fallen, the storm…

— Alice McDermott

“Since I decided to buy an island and move there with my favorite volleyball,” Deacon shot back, watched his friend’s lips twitch, ignored it,…

— Kristen Ashley

“How silently the world revolved, when one was brooding, and alone.”

— Eleanor Catton

“I only attend church for hatches, matches, and dispatches.”

— Kim Gruenenfelder

“...a full week of their mother's quiet fury over the fun they don't seem to be having and their father's dogged attempts to provide…

— Michael Cunningham

“She appears quiet and subdued. The paradox: Raging storms twirl inside her.”

— Melody Lee

“Then it comes, always—the overseer’s cry, the call to work, the shadow of the master, the reminder that she is only a human being…

— Colson Whitehead

“A tiny bit of guilt pricked at me for leaving Josie alone with Luke and Deacon. One of them alone could be a lot…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Afternoon with Michel, sorting maman’s belongings. Began the day by looking at her photographs. A cruel mourning begins again (but had never ended). To…

— Roland Barthes

“Formidable women, with uncombed hair and disordered dress, gossiped while leaning on railings, or screamed in frantic quarrels.”

— Stephen Crane