Quote by Varian Johnson

“He was probably being so quiet because he was trying not to say it out loud.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“I don't see why I have to when he doesn't. Then listen.”

— Harper Lee

“I really mean it what do I say, unless I won’t say.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“It is never easy to tell someone what they don’t want to hear.”

— Inglath Cooper

“He wasn't even listening. He hardly ever listened to you when you said anything.”

— J.D. Salinger

“I say, because if she doesn’t want to talk about that part, she doesn’t have to.”

— Holly Black

“Well that's it: if you don't think, you shouldn't talk!”

— Lewis Carroll

“So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make.”

— Tracy Kidder

“For us, silence is all we have ever known. I do not speak because I do not know what to say. He does not…

— Alessandra Torre

“I probably shouldn’t have told you that. But I have a feeling you needed to hear it more than I needed to keep it…

— Amalie Silver

“I do not say words, which you want to hear. The words just told me, to write them down.”

— Toba Beta

“Not if you don’t want to.” I knew exactly what he wanted to talk about. He wanted to go over the moment when I’d…

— André Aciman