Deafness Quote by William T. Vollmann

“We are deaf to what life brings us.”

— Andrew Sean Greer

“Gonna pretend to be a deaf mute who knows no sign one day, meet a woman, and we'll write for the rest of our…

— Darnell Lamont Walker

[On being deaf:] We must struggle for whatever may be had, without encroaching on the comfort of others.

— Harriet Martineau

“Being deaf is not a weakness or it shouldn’t be seen as one and that’s what I wanted to get across that day. It’s…

— Melyssa Winchester

“Listen for the deaf, sing for the mute, fight for the powerless.”

— Sophia Elaine Hanson

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy…

— Bertrand Russell

“We are all born almost Deaf, Dumb and Blind; trial and error have, thus far, been our best teacher.”

— Balan Gothandaraman

“For the rest of our lives, all we can hear are our names chanted over and over, until we are deaf to everything else.”

— Sherman Alexie

When I was a teenager, I was first exposed to a saying: 'Deaf people can do anything except hear.' But that quote has really…

— Lauren Ridloff

“One of the best things about being deaf is that you can't hear anyone talking smack about you.”

— Ashley Fiorek

“Life’s most precious moments are not all loud or uproarious. Silence and stillness has its own virtues.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." ~ Mark Twain”

— Bliss Addison