Quotes by Silence What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? Audre Lorde silence I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect....what I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? ...Death on the other hand, is the final silence...my silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you. Audre Lorde silence believe hands What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence. Audre Lorde silence fear needs For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us. Audre Lorde luxury silence waiting ... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. Audre Lorde differences silence The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation . Audre Lorde silence self action Silence has never brought us anything of worth. Audre Lorde silence Silence and invisibility go hand in hand with powerlessness. Audre Lorde invisibility silence hands There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley of terror wearing nooses of conformity. Audre Lorde gay silence men stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are. Audre Lorde community silence doe I prefer silence. Then you can hear thoughts and see into the past. August Strindberg silence past Silence hides nothing. Words conceal. August Strindberg silence And death, that sits in marble silence cold, Will furnish hope to those who may behold The meaning in the everlasting change Of all that dies, returning, wondrous strange. Austin O'Malley silence may death If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. Austin O'Malley silence mouths feet However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice. Ayaan Hirsi Ali injustice silence healing People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice. Ayaan Hirsi Ali silence wish people Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or suppress a publication; only the government can do so. The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right not to agree, not to listen and not to finance one's own antagonists. Ayn Rand agency silence men Let's have a moment of silence for all the chubby Asian dudes that are getting 'Gangnam style!' yelled at them by bros around the world. Aziz Ansari asian style silence There are people who kind of let you know that you can silence the room. Babatunde Adebimpe silence people rooms It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I could hear a thud as they hit the floor joists, then a scuttling sound, then, worst of all, the silence of spiders. Bailey White shadow silence mean «7891011121314151617»
