“ Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb… Kamand Kojouri
“ They took one look at me,And hated my black face.They took one look at me,And decided on my fate.They took one look at me,And forced an unknown fear.They took one look at me,And caused the shed of tea… N'Zuri Za Austin
“ The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who are accused of child sexual abuse with no screeni… Anna C. Salter
“ There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard. Arundhati Roy
“ If as an adult I have scolded and then silenced the child within me, I contend that I am neither an adult nor a child. Rather, I am just plain ignorant. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We lived depravityand called it truth, silencingour dreaming, andour love, discardingthings holy. John Daniel Thieme
“ Any species that devours its natural environment will eventually fall victim to the resulting silence and I call the toxicity of silence: Extinction Silence Steven Magee
“ Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced. Judith Lewis Herman
“ Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. Danielle Bernock
