“There’s much protest, but it falls on deaf ears.”
“What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.”
“In her opinion her singing falls on deaf ears anyway; there is no lack of enthusiasm and applause, but she has long since given up hope of genuine understanding as she conceives it.”
“The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.”
“Right now there’s a man on the street outside my doorwith outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear.He has cheeks like torn sheet musicevery tear-broken crescendo falling on deaf ears.At his side there’s a boy with eyes like an anthemno one stands up for.”
“I am ripe. Ripe enough to hear your Truth. But shout it for one ear remains deaf.”