“Sometimes you can't speak, not because others won't let you, but because you are afraid of what you'll say.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”— Madeleine Albright, huffingtonpost.com
“There’s no one blabbing in your ear first thing in the morning or last thing before your head hits the pillow. You don’t have to listen to the TV blaring or the music blasting—unless you want to!”— Vicki L Hodges, pairedlife.com
“They make you feel better without even having to say a single word.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don't have to talk. There's no such thing as an awkward pause with him. You love to talk, but you can also enjoy the silence.”— Teddi Ginsberg, wewomen.com
“Don’t feel the need to fill in these silences. You’ll end up saying something stupid and forced. Sometimes men just want to drive in silence without saying a word. Let them. Maybe he’s thinking about how he’s going to propose to you one day.”— Ellen Fein, amazon.com
“Silence is the purest form of harmony. Everyone ought to try it. Put a stone in your mouth instead of a lie. Put a rock on your tongue instead of gossip.”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”— Elie Wiesel, architectsofpeace.org
“Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled”— Charlize Theron, thoughtcatalog.com
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.”— Audre Lorde, thoughtcatalog.com
“I would rather have someone just be here, silent not saying a word, then have someone try to comfort me with bullshit.”— R. M. Drake, amazon.com
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”— Mary Anne Radmacher, good.is
“When the silence gets too loud, and I really start to miss everyone, I tell myself the same thing: I can't see you, but I know you're there.”— Haley James Scott, amazon.com
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, goodreads.com
“I held him close and said nothing, all the while telling him silently that he was loved. Oh, but he was loved.”— Jojo Moyes