“Silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words.”
“But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.”
“It is the silence between the words that makes it a story.”
“The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.”
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. ”
“This world is bursting with silenced women and girls who have stories that need to be screamed, or whispered, or sang.”