nonvocal Quotes

“Everybody uses words to express themselves. Except me. And I bet most people don’t realize the real power of words. But I do.”

“It’s like I live in a cage with no door and no key. And I have no way to tell someone how to get me out.”

“Talk. I pointed to my board. I hit the word again and again. Talk. Talk. Talk. I have so much to say.”

“Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes—each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.”

“I have never spoken one single word. I am almost eleven years old.”

“By the time I was two, all my memories had words, and all my words had meanings. But only in my head. I have never spoken one single word.”