“Some nights I need to be held. Tonight I'm a listener. So nice to lie in rumpled sheets and listen. Cover me with words.”

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American novelist, playwright and essayist 1936

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

Cuando me parece que escuchas mis palabras, me parecen tuyas mis palabres y escucho mis palabras.
Voces (1943)

“I am that last, that
final thing, the body
in a white sheet listening”

Li-Young Lee (1957) American writer

“never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.”

Stephen King The Dark Tower

Source: The Dark Tower

“Listen to the words people say in their lyrics, and tell me, if that's some real shit, if that's real to you, you know what I mean. Listen to what they sayin', don't just bob your head to the beat, peep the game, and listen to what Im saying. Hold us accountable for it.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

1990s, Prison interviews and interrogations (1995)

“… and when he put his mind to it, he could make his words coil themselves around and around the listener until they held her in some sort of a mild hypnotic spell.”

Roald Dahl book Switch Bitch

Source: Switch Bitch

“I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go 2 fast.
But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant 2 last.
War is all around us, my mind says prepare 2 fight
So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen 2 my body tonight.”

Prince (1958–2016) American pop, songwriter, musician and actor

Song lyrics, 1999 (1982)

“don't talk, I will listen
don't talk, you keep your distance
I'd rather hear some truth tonight
than entertain your lies”

Natalie Merchant (1963) American singer-songwriter

Song lyrics, In My Tribe (1987), Don't Talk

“When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

Comprehension
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver
And I'm reading James Joyce
Some people they tell me
I've got the blood of the land in my voice”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Song lyrics, Together Through Life (2009), I Feel A Change Coming On

“Out of night has come the day
Out of night, our small earth.
Our words drift away.
Our words journey
to find those who will listen.”

Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician

Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)

“Some nights I need to be held. Tonight I'm a listener. So nice to lie in rumpled sheets and listen. Cover me with words.”

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