“When you feel the instinct to apologize to your oppressors, don't do it. Hold your tongue, grab a pen, whip up an ink storm. Write.”— Quiara Alegría Hudes, twitter.com
“You know, it’s not about screaming, it’s about whispering. When you scream everybody hears, but not everybody listens. When you whisper maybe not too many people can hear you, but it goes deeper.”— Alber Elbaz, harpersbazaar.com
“A writer’s heart, a poet’s heart, an artist’s heart, a musician’s heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world…”— Alice Walker, amazon.com
“I’ll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.”— Kanye West, telegraph.co.uk
“I think communication starts when words are not present at all. I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important”— Marina Abramovic, theodysseyonline.com
“Cussing doesn’t come from a lack of vocabulary – I know all the other words. None of them speak the same language that my fucking heart does.”— Anis Mojgani, goodreads.com