Quotes About Silence

Écrire, c'est hurler sans bruit.

Não havia nada a fazer aqui, os livros derretiam-se nas mãos. E as histórias caíam em pedaços sob os golpes sombrios e silenciosos dos zangões. Sim, o calor dilacerava o coração. E só lhe resistia inteiro, virgem, o desejo do mar. Sara pousou o livro nos degraus da varanda. Os outros já estavam no mar. Ou, se não estavam, iam mergulhar de um momento para o outro.

Elle pourrait répondre qu'elle ne l'aime pas. Elle ne dit rien. Tout à coup elle sait, là, à l'instant, elle sait qu'il ne la connaît pas, qu'il ne la connaîtra jamais, qu'il n'a pas les moyens de connaître tant de perversité.

De nacht. Schrijven is de nacht.

bak???yoruz. bak??maz oluyoruz sonra.

Verstandig en stil? Is dit soos wat ander mense haar beskou? Iemand wat luister, sonder 'n eie verhaal?

Cuando los cálculos complicados resultan falsos, cuando los mismos filósofos no tienen ya nada que decirnos, es excusable volverse hacia el parloteo fortuito de las aves, o hacia el lejano contrapeso de los astros.

Cuando más importante es una cosa, más parece que queramos callarla.

Ä°nsanlar?n pek çoÄŸunun bellekleri, sevmekten vazgeçtikleri ölülerinin sessiz sedas?z yatt?klar? terk edilmiÅŸ mezarl?klard?r. unutulmayan ac? unutkanl?klar?na yönelen bir küfürdür.

Il m'a toujours semblé que la musique ne devrait être que du silence, qui chercherait à s'exprimer. Voyez, par exemple, une fontaine. L'eau muette emplit les conduits, s'y amasse, en déborde, et la perle qui tombe est sonore. Il m'a toujours semblé que la musique ne devrait être que le trop-plein d'un grand silence. (p. 81)

Non si è forse osservato abbastanza che il problema della libertà sensuale in tutte le sue forme è in gran parte un problema di libertà di espressione. Appare evidente come, di generazione in generazione, le tendenze e gli atti differiscono ben poco; ciò che invece cambia è l'estensione della zona di silenzio che li circonda o lo spessore degli strati di menzogna che li comprimono.

of the short journey passed in silence.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.

Bienaventurados los que no hablan; porque ellos se entienden!

The emptiness is so intense, that anything which enters it leaves a trace, something of it remains in space: in the silence, in the whiteness, nothingness becomes peopled, too.

Anyone who has received from God the gift of knowledge and true eloquence has a duty not to remain silent

The story is told of Mother Theresa that when an interviewer asked her. What do you say when you pray? she answered, I listen. The reporters paused a moment, then asked, Then what does God say? and she replied, He listens. It is hard to imagine a more succinct way to get at the intimacy of contemplative prayer.

In reading a recent novel, I myself was convicted by a comment the mother makes to her adult daughter: 'My dear, you've missed so many opportunities to say nothing.' We do miss these opportunities, as well as opportunities to say less and say it more judiciously. And so we miss particular delights of finding words and speaking them into silences big enough to allow them to be heard.

In Harlem the government pushes heroin to keep the blacks down and doctors by the thousands give barbiturates and tranquilizers to all the housewives: keep the natives quiet. when the drugs don't work anymore, they put the blacks in jail and us in here. Don't make noise. I read a poem once, it had a line, something like 'You keep stiller when every time you move something jangles'.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.

It's strange how you never quite get used to the world at night.

You're right not to talk. It's a sort of higher honesty, I think. Once you start talking, there's no telling what you'll say.

So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for.