Books Quote by Tarryn Fisher - Mud Vein

That's why writers write—to say things loudly with ink. To give feet to thoughts; to make quiet, still feelings loudly heard.

— Tarryn Fisher

“Books are written so their authors can be heard, not so that they remain silent.”

— Elena Ferrante

“Reading was what I needed to beat back all that noise and silence, those horrible silences. . . .An ink pen was the only…

— Anonymous

“It may be whispered to those uninitiated people who are anxious to know the habits and make the acquaintance of men of letters, that…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“A writer’s silence is the loudest scream; it’s the unwritten chapters of their life that echo in the emptiness of their soul.”

— Dr. Nitin Chopra

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish…

— Ruskin Bond

“Writers are a strange breed. After all, we hear voices in our heads all the time, and sometimes, we even talk to them as…

— Stevie J. Cole

“The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I understand what writing is; what its function…

— Alice Walker

“...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper ...”

— John Geddes

Writers speak for those who are kept in silence

— Isabel Allende

“The obligation of a writer is to live out loud.”

— Émile Zola

The thing a writer has to avoid is being the 'voice' of his people and pretending he can speak for them.

— Derek Walcott