Never allow yourself to believe you should be silent.
Samantha Shannon, The Song Rising.
“I imagined, too. And so imagination became my nemesis; my mind created monsters out of nothing.”
“Just going outside put me at risk of winding up dead or captured. If I let that daunt me, I'd never do anything.”
“War has often been called a game, with good reason. Both have combatants. Both have sides. Both carry the risk of losing.”
“When you dream of change, it shines bright, like fire, and burns away all the rot that came before it. It's swift and inexorable. You cry for justice, and justice is done. The world stands with you...”
“She was adamant that any organization that labelled one group of people as evil would eventually do the same to others. That to treat any one person as less than human was to cheapen the very subst...”
“Every revolution begins with breakfast, I quoted as they left. Is this your revolution, Jaxon?”
“Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”
“Sometimes the unyielding are just fighting to stay alive. No one wants to find out that their life was a lie. And when you change someones mind, you are only rebirthing them into your reality. You ...”
“Always try to be perceptive and observant in living, sensatory for details and diversity. Always try to see beyond the surface, and look in another perspective. Always try not to judge. Always seek...”
“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”
“Silence is the mother of truth.”
“Silence is a powerful tool.”
“To withhold words is power. But to share our words with others, openly and honestly, is also power.”
“You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, 'This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I'm doing t...”
“...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...”