Wendy Doniger Quotes

The dog who doesn't bark is about a silence that speaks; it is a good metaphor for the Pariah voice, the dog's voice, that we can sometimes hear only when it does not speak.

Wendy Doniger

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• Silence
• Speak
• Voice
• Metaphor
• Pariahs

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• The dog who doesn't bark is about a silence that speaks; it is a good metaphor for the Pariah voice, the dog's voice, that we can sometimes hear only when it does not speak.

  

  Wendy Doniger
  • Sometimes
  • Silence
  • Speak