Quotes About Silence

we were both content to spend the trip in awkward silence, which was vastly preferable to awkward conversation. ***

Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can really experience things like,...silence. Silence and darkness in its purity. Right now, right outside my window all I can see is a black void. Endless darkness. It's totally exhilarating, and I feel very lucky to be here. Very, very lucky.

You've been listening to the adagio from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. I think Ludwig pretty much summed up death in this one. You know, he had lost just about all his hearing when he wrote it, and I've often wondered if that didn't help him tune into the final silence of the great beyond.

after midnight Just words. No more pictures. No charts or plays or poems. Now it's just about the words.

Again, for the record, let me restate: you can't be rude to a coffee grinder and only an idiot would thank it for pulverizing beans. But you could, and probably should, unplug it if it doesn't shut up.

I said a silent prayer. Actually, silent is probably the only type of prayer a guy should attempt when his head's in a toilet.

But when I was quiet...that made words too. The same words that make horrible things come also tell the quieter things about love.

Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.

He has given me his gift of silence, knowing that at least I am free to construe my own truths about his feelings. It's generous.

Sergeyich struck a match - and the sound of it also blended into the silence, becoming its property, an integral part of it, a note in its endless music.

Europe, so vociferous in her support during the Maidan protests, has subsequently fallen silent and walked away, preferring to profit from trade with Russia. Money matters more than democracy.

You love her that much,' she stated, not asking. 'That much,' he admitted in a whisper after a long moment of silence.

You won't do it.' Bonhart's voice resounded in the complete silence. 'You won't do it, witcher girl. In Kaer Morhen you were taught how to kill, so you kill like a machine. Instinctively. To kill yourself you need character, strength, determination and courage. And they couldn't teach you that.

The exception, as ever, was the children. Freed from the constraints of silence which had been enforced during the bard's performance, the children dashed into the woods with wild cries, and enthusiastically immersed themselves in a game whose rules were incomprehensible to all those who had bidden farewell to the happy years of childhood. Children of elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, half-elves, quarter-elves and toddlers of mysterious provenance neither knew

Words aren't necessary. They won't change anything.

Tiga är guld, sägs det. Kanske det. Vet inte om det är så mycket värt. I alla fall har det sitt pris. Det kostar att tiga.

I need this conversation. They say silence is golden. Maybe it is, although I'm not sure it's worth that much. It has its price certainly; you have to pay for it.

Lentement, en silence, au milieu du parfum de la menthe, de la sauge et des orties, ils descendirent vers la rivière Soupir. En suivant l'escalier. Le long d'un ruisseau qui se nommait Murmure.   ***

Geralt ha capito al volo, Cahir crede di aver capito, io chiedo in maniera esplicita un chiarimento, ma prima mi si ordina di tacere, poi mi sento dire che non c'è bisogno che capisca. Grazie. Vent'anni al servizio della poesia sono un periodo abbastanza lungo per sapere che ci sono cose che o si capiscono al volo, anche senza parole, o non si capiranno mai.

Proprio in questo consiste il ruolo della poesia, Ciri. Parlare di ciò di cui gli altri tacciono.

Mamá, ¿es que son demonios? ¿Es la persecución salvaje? ¿Monstruos del infierno? ¡Mamá, mamá! Silencio, silencio, niños. No son demonios, no son diablos... Peor. Son seres humanos

U boh?, já znám i takové, které lépe odmítají, než ona dává, nevykÃ…â"¢ikuji to ale na ulici.

She came to him towards morning. She entered very carefully, moving silently, floating through the chamber like a phantom; the only sound was that of her mantle brushing her naked skin.

Inter arma silent Musae.