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Quotes About Silence

It's so sad that no one writes down the things we go through, and even worse - no one will ever know about it, no one will ever see or hear about it, no one will ever be able to restore.
~ Javier Marías
I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.
~ Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.
~ Eric Hoffer
It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
The moon has nothing to be sad about, Staring from her hood of bone. She is used to this sort of thing. Her blacks crackle and drag.
~ Sylvia Plath
The silence is the worst part of any fight, because it's made up of all the things we wish we could say, if only we had the guts.
~ Pete Wentz, Gray
There is a silence so great that I can hear the ice crystals cracking and falling from eyelashes of girls who will never blink again.
~ Lauren DeStefano, Sever
I think it's strange to live in a house with someone you cannot talk to-especially when that someone is your father-and the thought makes me a little sad.
~ Matthew Quick
We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.
~ Mark Twain
She walked away too far for me to call... and for her to hear my voice.
~ Faraaz Kazi
but good girls dont do that, dont make a fuss, dont upset parents. and i was a good girl so i curled up on the floor and sobbed silently instead
~ Laura Jarratt, Skin Deep
If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
~ A. P. Herbert
Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled.
~ Barbara Tuchman
Coolidge is a better example of evolution than either Bryan or Darrow, for he knows when not to talk, which is the biggest asset the monkey possesses over the human.
~ Will Rogers
Sleeping AtlantisSilent cool watersdancing upon her skin ~silent cool waterushering dreams within...
~ Muse, Enigmatic Evolution
... there are certain questions that must never be asked. Of anyone. Even oneself.
~ Jenny Lynne, Above the Sky
Just in case you're wondering, " Gage says, breaking the silence, "this alliance of ours doesn't mean I like you.""Feeling's mutual." Julian tosses him a disdainful look.
~ Laura Kreitzer, Burning Falls
Niko was a man of few words and flying, sugary snacks. I like that in a human. ~Catcher
~ Rob Thurman, Roadkill
wen thectaste of my own medicine is given to me results into silent treatment, its not bitter therefore i enjoy the medicine i gave you too.
~ Mohlalefi j motsima
Heaven doesn't laugh. It just smiles and stares.
~ Takehiko Inoue
Meditation is silence. Silence is God In His Infinity's Smile.
~ Sri Chinmoy
Sometime you just need to be silent, have a drink and crack a smile or somethin', because the human condition, in general, is just overwhelming in so many ways.
~ Cornel West
I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden
…and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other.
~ David Nicholls