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  1. Leo Tolstoy _ A Confession

    At the time we were all convinced that we had to speak, write,and publish as quickly as possible and as much as possible and that this was necessary for the good of mankind. Thousands of us published and wrote in an effort to teach others, all the while disclaiming and abusing one another. Without taking note of the fact that we knew nothing, that we did not know the answer to the simplest question of life, the question of what is right and what is wrong, we all went on talking without listening to one another.
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  2. Fyodor Dostoyevsky _ The Gentle Spirit

    I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own account without words
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  3. L.M. Montgomery _ Among the Shadows: Tales from

    She spoke out, with plainness and directness. When you had to deal a mortal blow, why try to lighten it?
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  4. Andrew Solomon _ The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of

    I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
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  5. Nicholas Sparks _ The Last Song

    That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.
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  6. E.M. Forster _ Maurice

    Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.
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  7. Neal Stephenson _ Cryptonomicon

    Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Bobby Shaftoe learned most of his practical knowledge – how to fix a car, butcher a deer, throw a spiral, talk to a lady, kill a Nip – from the latter type of man. For them, trying to do anything by talking is like trying to pound in a nail with a screwdriver. Sometimes you can see the desperation spread over such a man's face as he listens to himself speak.
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  8. Neal Stephenson _ Cryptonomicon

    Men believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Bobby Shaftoe learned most of his practical knowledge – how to fix a car, butcher a deer, throw a spiral, talk to a lady, kill a Nip – from the latter type of man. For them, trying to do anything by talking is like trying to pound in a nail with a screwdriver. Sometimes you can see the desperation spread over such a man's face as he listens to himself speak.
    book-quotequietcontemplationspeaking

  9. V.C. Andrews _ Flowers in the Attic

    God, He didn't write the scripts for the puny little players downhere.We wrote them ourselves-with each day we lived, each word we spoke,each thought we etched on our brains. And Momma had written herscript, too.And a sorry one it was.
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  10. Gillian Flynn _ Dark Places

    Libby wasn't a big talker - Michelle and Debby seemed to hog all her words. She made pronouncements: I like ponies. I hate spaghetti. I hate you. Like her mother, she had no poker face. No poker mood. It was all right there. When she wasn't angry or sad, she just didn't say much.
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  11. Terry Tempest Williams _ When Women Were Birds:

    Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It's hard sometimes.
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  12. William Shakespeare _ Henry V

    Men of few words are the best men."{3.2.41}
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