“Word of mouth—it's more powerful, more convincing, and more audible than word of hand. If you need me, I’ll be in the audience clapping.”
“Sometimes words are more powerful than guns. And sometimes silence is more powerful than words. It is the things that are not said that are important.”
“But words are more powerful than anything.”
“Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?”
“Maybe I am getting too grown to want to sleep with Mama. But like a baby, I still have this smallness to my mind. I don't need her hands to convince me the world I can't see from under my blanket is real. I need her hands to do more than her words. Convince me the world I see outside it- ain't.”
“Word of mouth is often louder than word of hand, although applause can be deafening. I clap like Helen Keller drank coffee—with two spoonfuls of silence.”