#voice

I know about parabatai,” said Magnus, an angry, dark undercurrent to his voice. “I’ve known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that’s left —? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#parabatai #voice

If you are going to do that, would you mind not jostling the bed so much?' came a sarcastic voice near the head board. 'Perhaps you could roll around on the floor. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#fooling-around #grimalkin #sarcasm #voice

Don’t ever leave me again,” I said in a tiny voice. I won’t,” he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. “I won’t. Not ever.” And just like that, a cold shard of ice that had been inside my chest ever since we’d split up-well, it just disappeared. I felt myself relax for the first time in I don’t known how long. The wind was chilly, but the sun was bright, and my whole flock was together. Fang and I were together. Excuse me? I’m alive too.” Iggy’s plaintive voice made me pull back. ↗

— James Patterson

#maxride #voice

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#censorship #silence #voice #censorship

I could have been a famous singer, if I had someone else's voice. ↗

— Conor Oberst

#music #voice #humor

I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#fear #insanity #sanity #voices #sanity

But then self-doubt has always been there for Billy, self-doubt and its cousin the berating voice, these faithful companions have always been on call to help him through the critical junctures of his life. ↗

— Ben Fountain

#self-doubt #faith

I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#self-knowledge #voice #self-knowledge

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you. ↗

— Barry Hannah

#best #comes #little #spell #through

Somebody's real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt. ↗

— Billy West

#could #hardest #probably #real #somebody