Quotes About Quiet

Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave.

What happened if you melted a person down layer by layer? What if there was nothing between the layers, and nothing at the centre, only quiet?

His face was like a quiet pool that would hold everything safe in its depth.

It was to have been a quiet evening at home.

The breakfast was rather silent, but not with strain.

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. (1 Peter 3:3–4)

Thoreau wrote, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation," and it seems nothing has changed.

It was curious how quiet that last evening was; as if I had already left, and we were just two ghosts talking to each other.

While you're at it, get that straight in your own head, too. You want peace, quiet, wildlife, scenery, wild trout, and you don't expect miracles

They don't advertise, and their names are never in the papers. I doubt if a member has been arrested in the past ten years. It's a small network, very tight and disciplined.

to the McDover case. She agreed but doubted seriously if she would comply, even though her appetite for risk had been severely diminished. As agreed, Wilton met her near the front entrance and they found a quiet table in a coffee bar at the

It was a sound like someone trying not to make a sound.

One thing," Father said. Susie the bear put her paw on my hand, as if even Susie knew what was coming. "Just one thing," Father said. We were very quiet, waiting for this. "It mustn't look like Sorrow," Father said. "And you've got the eyes, so you've got to pick out the dog. Just make sure it in no way resembles Sorrow." —

Upon the honey'd middle of the night

yet I must not forget Sleep, quiet with his poppy coronet: For what there may be worthy in these rhymes I partly owe to him:

O soft embalmer of the still midnight

Stop knocking that broom against the bar," she screamed. "Goddammit to hell, you making me nervous." "You want quiet sweeping, you get you a old lady. I sweep yawng.

imagine a world without people

Humor is a kind of emotional chaos told about calmly and quietly in retrospect.There is always a laugh in the utterly familiar.

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

And then for a long time there is a silence that is so loud it threatens to blow my head off.

The ability to fail quietly without having that failure associated with your name/identity allows for more experimentation and limit pushing.

A woman with wisdom carries herself with a humble, quiet grace, yet her presence is powerful.