“She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.”
“Speak clearly if you speak at all, carve every word before you let it fall.”
“Speaking was temporarily beyond him, what with the testicular trauma and ass-stabbing.”
“Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.”
“Every word you speak is a prayer, or meditation of reinforcement which creates permanence.”
“No one is going to hear what she says whether she speaks or not. Simply she could close her eyes and never speak again. She could suck all of the air in this room-every dust mote, every atom-into her body and hide it inside her…”