“Be silent and safe—silence never betrays you.”

“Strangewood was never silent. It was never supposed to be. There was such life and color in the wood and in the creatures who lived there that silence would be tantamount to death. It was very silent in Strangewood.”

“Secret guilt by silence is betrayed.”

“Silence is safe.”

“Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.”

“It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.”

“In an endless silence even screams sound silent.”

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”

“Either be silent or say something better than silence.”

“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.”