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Quotes About Voice

His voice quivered; it had the harp-string note to it that belongs to some intense emotion of which the victim is himself uncertain, or at which he is in disorder. But it was a voice that meant to demand blood.
~ Tanith Lee
A dream came by. The dream had the actor's face and his voice, but he did not speak to her and his eyes did not answer hers.
~ Tanith Lee
His voice was as beautiful as the rest of him, and the scout listened with offended amazement.
~ Tanith Lee
It was apparent the mistress of the house was here in the person of the girl with the white hands. And it seemed she possessed authority, for one unruly youth had fled, the other two lay matronless, as if in abject fear, before her. When she spoke again, her young voice was like a thin knife.
~ Tanith Lee
The Tower is haunted. A piece of wood which speaks. And with such a shrewish voice.
~ Tanith Lee
Peace, my cherubs," said a friendly and musical voice. "I am here to gratify your master's sweet tooth. Leave the damage to him, or he will make dollies for you, too.
~ Tanith Lee
If she sat on the mountain, the witch's spell-for what else was it?-would invade her again, and she would see his eyes in the sky and in the green stones, and hear his voice, speaking, laughing, but not to her or with her.
~ Tanith Lee
Her voice was primitive, and he felt her surprising strength. She would protect him. Touched and set ablaze by her action, he found he was no longer concerned with Leopardo, indeed scarcely credited his existence in a universe that comprised, for this minute, only himself and Iulet.
~ Tanith Lee
His voice cut through all like a gold wire, through time, place, dust, heat, and faith. A girl on a balcony averted her head from him superstitiously among the terra-cotta pots of flowers. Romulan blinked at him, entranced. None of them had heard a verse sung better, or a love song more like a knell.
~ Tanith Lee
The voice, scraping as harsh from the scented darkness as sharp sword from soft scabbard, not surprisingly halted the traveler.
~ Tanith Lee
Mission of mercy, he said, straightening up, his voice so cold, he could have owned the patent.
~ Tara Janzen
His face softened and he spoke in the gentle voice she'd grown so accustomed to. "I'm sorry I had to do that to you. But fear has its reward.
~ Ted Dekker
What attention would death pay to his pathetic voice? He was powerless without her.
~ Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
What matters, is to connect your own voice with an infinite range of verbal cadences & sequences – and only endless actual experience of your ear can store all that in your nervous system. The rest can be left to your life & your character.
~ Ted Hughes
Il n'y aura personne que j'aurai davantage envie de voir que vous. Aucune voix que j'aurai davantage envie d'entendre que la vôtre. Aucune pensée que j'aurai davantage envie d'explorer que la vôtre
~ Julia Quinn
Richard saw red. "Do not speak to her in that tone of voice." "How do mean, like she's family?
~ Julia Quinn
God replies that all it really proves is "that some men will follow any order no matter how asinine as long as it comes from a resonant, well-modulated voice.
~ Julian Baggini
Religion will recede not by atheists shouting condemnation, but by the quiet voice of reason slowly making itself heard.
~ Julian Baggini
I screamed. You told me not to." He rubs at the soot on one hand with his thumb, then stares at it. "The dirt," he says, his voice strangely peaceful. "What about it?" she asks. "It's dirty.
~ Julianna Baggott
As my mother said, I never sprang out of bed with a glad shout! My voice needed oiling and then it took off.
~ Julie Andrews
You know, making an animated movie is such a lonesome thing. You mostly don't see your fellow actors or anything. You go into your booth, you record all your dialogue. It's very much an issue of trust. You leave it all up to the director.
~ Julie Andrews
Her voice was a thread, but still she managed to sound acerbic. "I believe it's the devil's job to tempt me. Not yours." "And the difference between the devil and I would be . . . ?" "None that I can detect.
~ Julie Anne Long
That same piercing screech in her voice every time at the hospital. "Do something!" When I slit my wrists. "Help her!" The last time too. "Somebody help her. Help us!" You're helpless, both of you. All of us.
~ Julie Anne Peters
She turned as a husky voice behind her said, "They're waiting for you at a table inside." Jim gave her a little push. "In you go, kid; I'm top man around here now.
~ Julie Campbell