The Silent Period Quotes

“It’s not you the present day is speaking to. And even when it is you don’t understand what it’s saying. So you respond with silence. Silence is your weapon. When you are silent, you are not judged. It’s not dissatisfaction, and it’s not disillusionment. You feel you don’t have enough to offer. At a certain point, in a certain moment, you became convinced that whatever you had to say was truly not worth listening to.”
― Francesca Manfredi, The Silent Period

“sometimes I felt like I could forgive a murderer as long as he agreed with me, and sometimes I loathed myself so much that I ended up detesting anyone in whom I saw any reflection of my own inclinations.”
― Francesca Manfredi, The Silent Period

“I missed everything that had driven me to being the way I was now.”
― Francesca Manfredi, The Silent Period

“Ogni giorno, al lavoro, riflettevo su quanto ogni smania di verbalizzare fosse un modo per uscire dalla propria solitudine, e quanto la solitudine fosse qualcosa di profondamente proibito, intollerato, uno stigma sociale per il quale nessuno era interessato a combattere, al quale nessuno si sarebbe mai sognato di restituire valore, per il quale nessun movimento attivista sarebbe mai stato costituito.”
― Francesca Manfredi, Il periodo del silenzio