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Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen.

Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen.

Silence, Stories, Just Listen

Jacqueline Woodson (2014). “Brown Girl Dreaming”, p.241, Penguin

I think in terms of being a New Yorker, as my friends would say, I don't take a lot of mess. I have no tolerance for people who are not thinking deeply about things. I have no tolerance for the kind of small talk that people need to fill silence. And I have no tolerance for people not - just not being a part of the world and being in it and trying to change it.

Jacqueline Woodson

Thinking, People, Silence

"Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 19, 2015.

I'm not afraid of silence. You know, I'm not afraid to sit in a room and have the conversation drop into silence. I think that's a very southern thing.

Jacqueline Woodson

Thinking, Silence, Southern

"Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 20, 2014.