“Your very silence shows you agree.”

“I know the reason why you keep your silence up,
No you don't fool me.
The hurt doesn't show
But the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you and me.”

Phil Collins (1951) English musician, songwriter and actor

“No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.”

Ansel Adams (1902–1984) American photographer and environmentalist

“The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint.”

Marianne Moore (1887–1972) American poet and writer

“You and your sister are very dear to each other. To show your regard, you give each other lovely bouquets of lies.”

Holly Black book The Darkest Part of the Forest

“Your silence will not protect you.”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

“KING: Franklin Graham called Islam a very wicked and evil religion. More recently, he said that Muslim leaders haven't done enough to show their sorrow over 9/11. Do you agree with that?”

James Dobson (1936) Evangelical Christian psychologist, author, and radio broadcaster.

“Work hard in the silence to achieve your goals and levels. Because we are not the same with a good heart, some don't love you for who you're, and how you're. But success will show them everything, guide you and connect you with them later.”

Ayuel Monykuch (1997) South Sudanese Entrepreneur

“For hundreds of years the Bible was the standard, and whenever anything was asserted in any science contrary to-the Bible, the church immediately denounced the scientist. I admit the standard has been changed, and ministers are very busy, not trying to show that science does not agree with the Bible, but that the Bible agrees with science.”

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer

“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”

Anne Rice book Pandora