#deaf

One of the greatest tragedies in my life is my deafness, for it's been over twenty years now since I've been able to hear notes. When I listen to music it's as if the letters in a text were changing places with one another, rendering the words unintelligible and muddying the lines. I'd consider my old age redeemed if my hearing were to come back, for music would be the gentlest opiate, calming my fears as I move toward death. In any case, I suppose the only chance I have for that kind of miracle involves nothing short of a visit to Lourdes. ↗

— Luis Buñuel

#deafness #music #age

Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf. ↗

— Paul Tournier

#deaf #communication

If I only could communicate in sign language, I couldn't visit other deaf people overseas because I'd be worried I couldn't understand their accents. ↗

— David McMullen-Sullivan

#communication

There are none so deaf as those listening to ‘All by Myself’ over and over and over again. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#humor #humor

Does sound have rhythm? Does it rise and fall like the ocean? Does sound come and go like wind? ↗

— Myron Uhlberg

#noise #rhythm #sound #love

We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it. ↗

— Sebastian Faulks

#music #musicians #men

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot. ↗