Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that it's sometimes invisible to the naked eye. There's violence in the time that conceals wounds, the relentless succession of days, the impossibility of turning back the clock. Violence is what escapes us. It's silent and hidden. Violence is what remains inexplicable, what stays forever opaque.


No and Me (ed. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2010) - ISBN: 9781599905785

Delphine de Vigan Quotes

Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that...

Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that...

Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that...

Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that...