To be heard Quotes

“Poetry is meant to be heard.”

“I would travel far and wide...seeing, listening, creating. I would weave tales for an enthralled audience. A song would be heard throughout the kingdom, and I would be a part of that. You would normally think that a bard would pick up his tales from stories heard in his travels or, perhaps, from personal observation of these events. Perhaps some bards would create the stories themselves or, at least, adapt the original versions heard... But what if the bard were really more than a bard? What if he were once a gallant knight or an old sea captain...perhaps even a forgotten prince? What if the stories he told, what if the characters brought to life in his stories, were really of his comrades and himself? Stories from long ago that he finally wished to be heard? What if those who listened to his tales, all the while assuming that they were far disconnected from their communicator, were really listening to the narrative of a wanderer intimately connected to it all? And where would such an individual go when his final days as an “official” bard were spent? Perhaps he would decide to retire in a lighthouse. For, surely, no place would be more fitting for the hero emeritus. He would gaze upon the glorious sea in recollection...guiding others with the beacon of light atop his home as he had once been shepherded. The adventurer became the storyteller...and then the Sentinel of the Sea.”

“I am more than less, but less than worthy. Worthy to be heard, but heard in silence”

“To both my parents, the world is a battle for attention, a war to be heard.”

“People are not angry, they just want to be heard.”

“We all want, above all, to be heard. We want to be understood—heard for what we think we are saying, for what we know we meant.”

“There are three points about stories: if told, they like to be heard; if heard, they like to be taken in; and if taken in, they like to be told.”

“Each of us has one. Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening.”

“Every single voice—no matter how soft the peep—longs to be heard.”