Quotes of: Silence Keyword

... instead of spelling stories you spread silence, which was outside the alphabet.

The $60,000 Dog: My Life with Animals

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.

The Autobiography of God

He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.

Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership

The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another song could cure.

The Accidental Siren

Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The silence was pregnant with noise, with muted fury, with questions the father found too disgusting to frame and with answers to which the son was incapable of giving voice.

The Human Script

All my years to this moment All my roads to this wall. All my words to this silence All my pride to this fall. -Songs of Sapphique

Incarceron

It's okay to be honest about not knowing rather than spreading falsehood. While it is often said that honesty is the best policy, silence is the second best policy.

Killosophy

Silence is fine if I am on my own but it's not overly sociable if my husband is around!

The Radiant Woman's Handbook

My grief lies all within; and these external manner of laments are merely shadows of the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortur'd soul.

Richard II

Silence made space for other people's words, which was important for those who needed to be listened to.

The Story of Beautiful Girl

Don't kiss me", he said, looking into Natalie's eyes. There was a second's silence. "Let me kiss you. I'm old-fashioned that way.

Mommy by Mistake

Silence is not empty or immaterial, and it is not needed to chain tame things. It often guards powers strong enough to shatter everything.

Memory of Water

My arms and legs fell asleep. Silence of the Limbs.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds.

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all.

The Nightingales of Troy: Stories of One Family's Century

Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.

The Notebook

The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.

The Opposite of Indifference: A Collection of Commentaries

Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.

Operation Shylock: A Confession

Though no longer living in silence, I continued to carry pain and memories.

Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness

I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence.

Losing It