“The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.”
“All women speak two languages: the language of men and the language of silent suffering. Some women speak a third, the language of queens.”
“... the Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul--the heart's desire, so to speak. Not all dreams, maybe, but the important ones. [p.254]”
“Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be silent.”
“God speaks for the silent man.”
“what was silent in the father speaks in the son”