"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."

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Susan Sontag

#Silence Quotes #Speech Quotes #Form Quotes

“What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.”
“Some people should never meet.”
“We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck.”
“There are so many girls, and so few princes.”
“Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers”

Source : Geronimo (2010). “My Life: The Autobiography of Geronimo”, p.153, Fireship Press
“It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.”
“Societies depend on agreed rules.”
“These people in the North-East of Ireland, from old prejudices perhaps more than from anything else, from the whole of their past history, would prefer, I believe, to accept the government of a foreign country rather than submit to be governed by hon. Gentlemen below the Gangway.”

Source : Bonar Law's speech in the House of Commons, api.parliament.uk. January 1, 1913.

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