Quotes About Silence

Don't ask any questions and you won't hear any lies.

But there is a chasm between what is known and what is said.

We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.

You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.

You are most powerful when you are most silent. Poeple never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They except to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words leaping forth from their mouths. Silence? No.

I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.

I hope you know what you are doing,' van Gelder said. He sounded grave. 'You hope,' I said. 'How do you think I feel?' Neither of them said how they thought I felt, and as it seemed that the line of conversation was taking an unprofitable turn we all kept quiet until we arrived at our destination.

As a system, patriarchy encourages men to accept male privilege and perpetuate women's oppression, if only through silence.

When I was green and blossomed in the Spring I was mute wood. Now I am dead I sing.

Sometimes it's the things we don't say that haunt us the most.

Southern women can say more with a cut of their eyes than a whole debate club's worth of speeches.

She spoke the

I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.

Life is classified. There is always so much that goes unsaid.

Ooh, the silent treatment.

So you're Zach." Townsend didn't even try to hide the judgement in his voice as he looked Zach up and down in some sort of silent but dangerous examination. Zach huffed but smiled. "so you're Townsend." The two of them stared for a long time, wordless. It felt like I was watching a documentary on the Nature Channel, something about alpha males in the wild.

I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the tiny alcove, and I was enveloped by an odd sense of peace, knowing that in twenty minutes, the halls were going to be crowded; music was going to be blaring; and I was going to go from being an only child to one of a hundred sisters, so I knew to savor the silence while it lasted.

There's a power that comes with silence. I had grown to fear the unsaid thing. So it felt like a release to say it-to admit that the risk wasn't just inside our walls-it was inside my skin. I was willing to claw, scratch, and bleed until I'd found it.

There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

The only way to silence the cries is by making no sound at all

And no matter how many people surround you, that is still the loneliest place on earth.

I don't answer. I'm not staging a rebellion here. I stay quiet because I don't want to break down, and I learnt a long time ago that, sometimes, the only way to silence the cries is by making no sound at all.

The sun is at the horizon now, and the sky streaks with reds and golds. The whole world seems to be wearing a halo, and for a second I let myself savor it. I let myself believe. Alexei's arm is warm around my shoulder and a cool breeze blows in off the sea. Between us, we speak seven different languages, but not a one of us says a word. We sit in silence as the sun sets, marking the end of this day. Marking the beginning of everything else.

These are the things I never say to anyone anymore. Not because I don't want to say them — I want to scream them. But these are the things that no one else can bear to hear.