Quotes About Quiet

They talked late into the night, as if they were old friends. And Stoner came to realize that she was, as she had said, almost happy with her despair; she would live her days out quietly, drinking a little more, year by year, numbing herself against the nothingness her life had become. He was glad that she had that, at least; he was grateful that she could drink.

The iconoclasm need not be loud and messy, I can almost hear him saying

Edith's strategy became more indirect, more quiet and contained.

Most of the villages showed empty streets, and the countryside around them was as deserted as if the whole human race and most of its animals had been spirited away. Until we came to Steeple Honey.

How very still you sit!

We should leave our love-making till the dead of night,' she thought. 'And bury it secretly in sleep.

What was that?" He smiled, the wind catching his braids. "A teaching tool." "For children." Rafe shook his head. "For a quiet man, you can sure make someone froth at the mouth." Prest grinned.

September 15th. - This is the month of quiet days, crimson creepers, and blackberries; of mellow afternoons in the ripening garden; of tea under acacias instead of too shady beeches; of wood fires in the library in chilly evenings.

woken up by houseboy Mañuel 10:00:07 a.m.—Quietly utter the word "snooze," letting Mañuel

i felt ashamed. i stared down at the ground and stood very still and very quietly.

Time has become quiet flexible inside the library. (This is true of most places with interesting books. Sit down to read for twenty minutes, and suddenly it's dark, with no clue as to where the hours have gone.)

My very revered father, I am beginning to think that - Well, there's little peace in this world for a quiet book-loving man.

You know this town. It's not different from other towns. The newspaper doesn't speak for them. Not everybody here is a damned fool. And, as usual, the less a fool a man is the quieter he keeps.

In winter we often go down to the cellar and contemplate the art gallery. When a blizzard is howling outside is the best time.

They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.

You may think nothing is happening when people are silent, but when the mouth is quiet, the heart, soul and mind can be actively engaged. In silence, people repent of their sins. In silence, people meditate on Scriptures and grow spiritually. In silence, people stand in awe of God.

They were outside. It was oddly quiet, with just a muffled roar from behind the closed door, as if the ocean were contained on that side.

My quiet time is not a gift I give to God. My quiet time is a gift God gives me. I don't offer him my quiet time. I simply offer him my time, my self. He's the one who provides the quiet spirit.

This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and LadiesAnd Lads and Girls—Was laughter and ability and Sighing,And Frocks and Curls.

The old excitement of thought has half died out, or rather it is diffused in quiet pleasure over a life instead of being concentrated in intense and eager spasms.

A small revolution was taking place, so modest and well behaved that almost no one had noticed.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It´s not flashy like the others, or bleary – your window gives of this nice, quiet light.

pensé en silencio.