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Speaking Quotes (page 85)

A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth Rudyard Kipling
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy. Plutarch
Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His silence washed over me. I stood, closed my eyes, breathed out the relief that was too profound for words. Charlaine Harris
We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment; but a moment is room wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp bakcward stroke of repetance. George Eliot
Cornelia Funke quote: "Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger..."
Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger had often told her. 'People tend not to listen anyway, right? Cornelia Funke
For the first time in his life he began to experience a kind of true pride. He felt himself, so to speak, taking up space when he walked in the streets; and he wondered whether this was how other people felt all the time, without effort, all the secure people he met in London and Africa. V. S. Naipaul
Hence! home, you idle creatures get you home: Is this a holiday? what! know you not, Being mechanical, you ought not walk. Upon a labouring day without the sign. Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou? William Shakespeare
He listened to her with silent attention, and on her ceasing to speak, rose directly from his seat, and after saying in a voice of emotion, 'To your sister I wish all imaginable happiness; to Willoughby, that he may endeavor to deserve her,' took leave, and went away. Jane Austen
Every second, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas - a whole grammar made of light, for words too hard to speak. Jodi Picoult
You must be more gentle, dear, more sedate,' Ellen told her daughter. 'You must not interrupt gentlemen when they are speaking, even if you do think you know more about matters than they do. Gentlemen do not like forward girls. Margaret Mitchell
William Shakespeare quote: "O, speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my..."
O, speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" William Shakespeare
Audre Lorde quote: "Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway,..."
Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak. Audre Lorde
Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance. - The judge Cormac McCarthy
But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and closets and woods and abysses that we were told not go in to. When we have gone in and looked around for a long while, just breathing and finally taking it in – then we will be able to speak in our own voice and to stay in the present... Anne Lamott
The earth for us is a place to live in, where we must put up with sights, with sounds, with smells, too, by Jove! - breathe dead hippo, so as to speak, and not be contaminated. And there, don't you see? your strength comes in, the faith in your ability for the digging of unostentatious holes to bury the stuff in - your power of devotion, not to yourself, but to an obscure, back-breaking business. Joseph Conrad

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