Quotes About Silence

every human being has had the experience of not telling someone to go to hell. One

The mental work that produces impressions, intuitions, and many decisions goes on in silence in our mind.

One learns a lot if others assume you are deaf to their tongue.

Que des livres puissent à ce point bouleverser notre conscience et laisser le monde aller au pire, voilà de quoi rester muet.

Parfois, c'est l'humilité qui commande notre silence. Pas la glorieuse humilité des analystes professionnels, mais la conscience intime, solitaire, presque douloureuse, que cette lecture-ci, que cet auteur-là, viennent, comme on dit, de « changer ma vie » !

Le monde entier est dans ce que nous disons - et tout entier éclairé par ce que nous taisons. (p. 34)

La lettura, atto di comunicazione? Ecco un'altra simpatica frottola da commentatori! Quel che noi leggiamo, lo taciamo.

Quel che noi leggiamo, lo taciamo. Il piacere del libro letto lo teniamo spesso gelosamente segreto. Sia perchè non vi vediamo materia di conversazione, sia perchè prima di poterne dire una parola dobbiamo lasciar fare al tempo la sua splendida opera di distillazione.

Parlare di un'opera a degli adolescenti, e pretendere da loro che ne parlino può rivelarsi molto utile, ma non è un fine in sé. Il fine è l'opera. L'opera nelle loro mani. E il primo dei loro diritti, in materia di lettura, è il diritto di tacere.

Silenzio. O i bei silenzi delle nostre notti sveglie.. Quante placide insonnie ci siamo goduti, tua madre e io, da quando ci conosciamo. Il sonno è una separazione.

Y cuando callan los reconozco por su silencio inquieto y hostil, tan distinto del silencio atento de alumno que capta. El zoquete oscila perpetuamente entre la excusa de ser y el deseo de existir a pesar de todo, de encontrar su lugar, imponerlo incluso, aunque sea con violencia, que es su antidepresivo.

Un pensamiento hace ruido, y el placer de leer es una herencia de la necesidad de decir.

Les droits imprescriptibles du lecteur : 1. Le droit de ne pas lire. 2. Le droit de sauter des pages. 3. Le droit de ne pas finir un livre. 4. Le droit de relire. 5. Le droit de lire n'importe quoi. 6. Le droit au bovarysme (maladie textuellement transmissible). 7. Le droit de lire n'importe où. 8. Le droit de grappiller. 9. Le droit de lire à haute voix. 10. Le droit de nous taire.

We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk, or because it takes time to distill what we've read before we can say anything. Silence is our guarantee of intimacy. We might have finished reading but we`re still living the book.

Mais c'est, plus quotidiennement, le refuge du livre contre le crépitement de la pluie, le silencieux éblouissement des pages contre la cadence du métro, le roman planqué dans le tiroir de la secrétaire, la petite lecture du prof quand planchent ses élèves, et l'élève de fond de classe lisant en douce, en attendant de rendre une copie blanche...

Where are these so-called moderate Muslims one always hears about in the press? Do they exist or are they merely figments of our imagination? If one insults the Prophet Muhammad, our Muslim countrymen pour into the streets in a sacred rage and threaten us with beheading. But when one of them commits murder in the Prophet's name..." "The silence is deafening.

They sat in an awkward, embarrassed silence for a moment, the way Englishmen are apt to do after sharing private thoughts.

A moment passed in silence. Then Gabriel asked, "What are you thinking now, Eli?" "I'm wondering why a beautiful young woman like that would risk her career to give a Russian journalist confidential financial documents about an important client." "Perhaps she has a conscience." "Not possible. RhineBank doesn't hire anyone whose conscience wasn't removed at birth.

I like the darkness. It clarifies my thinking. – Gabriel Allon

Aggressive recruiting, lots of dirty tricks. He specializes in kompromat." It was the Russian term for damaging material used to silence political opponents or to blackmail assets into

Ree followed a path made by prey uphill through scrub, across a bald knob and downhill into a section of pine trees and pine scent and that pious shade and silence pines create. Pine trees in low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.

A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard, Why aren't we all like that old bird?

We can be honest without saying what we mean to say, we can talk about the weather while ignoring the rain.

Thank you," I said to my lap, unable to stop the knee-jerk reaction to Mom's invective. She taught me this. How to be kind, passive. He used that kindness to hurt me, to shame me into silence.