Quotes About Quiet

I love to be a hermit.

I wouldn't say I'm a social hermit, but pretty close to that.

I'm a loner. I like to hide a lot.

I usually feel that I prefer to hide from people.

I'm going to hide - I always do on my birthday, I never celebrate birthdays.

My day is spent hiding from people.

Now, Pussy, be patient. You know quite well it is all for your good. You cannot be comfortable with all those sparks in you; and, indeed, I am charitably disposed to believe (here he became very pompous) that they are the cause of all your bad temper; so we must have them all out, every one; else we shall be reduced to the painful necessity of cutting your claws, and pulling out your eye-teeth. Quiet! Pussy, quiet!

Her dark eyes looked as if they found repose there, so quietly did they rest on the face of the old man

All he wanted was to get home quickly, and then sit down and be quiet.

He thought of nothing he could say.

Then held a match to the carpet on the stairs and, once it started burning, raised a finger, like, Quiet, through me runs the power of recent dark experiences.

The windows let in a perfect light, a vibrant light such as you get in the north, where a kind of grey gauze turns the sun to silver. And such solitude, such quiet.

Another thing that was striking about him was his extraordinary sensitivity to noise, which he often referred to as his "noise psychosis." It really could disturb him. Once he wrote me: "Do other people manage to have peace and quiet? I'd like to know the answer to that.

Pat was very still when the boys helped Joe lift

There's a lot of research now showing that noise, and the lack of quiet working space, is one of the biggest issues for all office workers.

When I'm not working, I like to do things alone, just to take a breath.

If you have removed those people and situations that make your life more drama-like, then you're definitely a success. After all, who doesn't enjoy a quieter home and workplace?

There's a lot to love about America - freedom, the melting pot of diversity, individualism - all attractive concepts, especially to an introvert. In fact, the introverts were probably the first to feel crowded in England and to daydream about all the space they would find in the New World. Peace! Quiet!

I am a very private person. I don't like to talk about things till someone asks about them.

I spend a lot of time reading and try to make sure that I can get a little bit of alone time every day.

I was always quiet and even timid.

I'm actually very timid and nonconfrontational.

Honestly, man, I'm very, very soft spoken. I'll go in a room and if you don't know me, you'll never know that I was there. I've always been that way, timid in a lot of ways. I don't like making new friends.

I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm.