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He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.

In G. W. E. Russell 'Collections and Recollections' (1898) ch. 14

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

Ngaio Marsh (2012). “Death in a White Tie: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #7”, p.58, Felony & Mayhem Press

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.

Marilynne Robinson (2015). “Housekeeping”, p.49, Faber & Faber

The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning.

"The Ecstasy of Communication" by Jean Baudrillard, translated by Bernard and Caroline Schutze, New York:Semiotext(e), (p. 30), 1987.

Hear no ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

"The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living".

Books always speak of other books.

Umberto Eco (1994). “The Name of the Rose”, p.549, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end.

Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton (1813). “The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: In Three Volumes”, p.125