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“For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place in which it sounds.” George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
“Very well; I hear; I admit, but I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone before any words came through.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“When one hears the voices of those whom one loves, one does not need to understand the words that they utter.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.” Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
“Words mean more than what is written on paper. They need the human voice to give them deeper meaning.” Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“It was amazing how instantaneously the choking fear vanished, amazing how suddenly the feeling of security washed over me — even before I was off the street — as soon as I heard his voice.” Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
“Tereza knew what happens during the moment love is born: the woman cannot resist the voice calling forth her terrified soul; the man cannot resist the woman whose soul thus responds to his voice.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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