“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
― Speak
― Speak
“I have never heard a more eloquent silence.”
― Speak
― Speak
“This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before. Do not come here and ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind.”
― Speak
― Speak
“Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the emerald carpet, the warriors make war, and it is like a dance, almost beautiful, always macabre. The noise brings me back, the fearsome noise of swords striking swords, a metallic clanging that rings in my ears, echoing and echoing the fearsome din of men screaming and crying as they meet the sharp ends of blades. ”
― Song of the Sparrow
― Song of the Sparrow
“When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
― Speak
― Speak
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