Quotes About Silence

For many Romans, civil war remained the war that dared not speak its name. The words bellum civile had to be weighed carefully and spoken sparingly, if ever at all, because of the harsh memories of major conflicts.

Some people said a lot in quiet voices, some said nothing in loud ones.

Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

You never know what they mean until you hear what they don't say.

Words without a heartbeat are just great words

Several minutes passed. Several more. Nothing but silence and darkness. "I think they're gone," Brenda whispered. She flicked on her torch. "Hello, noses!" a hideous voice yelled from the room. Then a bloody hand reached through the doorway and grabbed Thomas by the shirt.

Minho had taught Thomas that speaking only wasted energy, so he concentrated on his pace and his breaths.

Thomas no respondió y se quedaron durante un rato largo tomados de la mano, sin decir una palabra. Sintió un poco de paz, por fugaz que fuera, y trató de disfrutarla el tiempo que durara.

He looked down, saw that his hands and legs were shaking, and he suddenly felt freezing cold. "What have I done?" he mumbled, but the others didn't say a word.

Chuck seemed deep in thought. "Well, they found a dead Griever, right?" "Yeah," Newt replied. "Thanks for that bit of news." Chuck absently tapped his fork against the table for a few seconds. "Well, then who killed the stupid thing?" Excellent question, Thomas thought. He waited for Newt to answer, but nothing came. He obviously didn't have a clue.

Thomas's mouth dried up—he'd seen them face to face, remembered it all too well; he had to remind himself to breathe. The others in the room were still; no one made a sound. Fear seemed to hover in the air like a blizzard of black snow.

Shut up! Do you think we're morons?" Michael kept his expression blank. Oh how badly he wanted to say "Yup.

his whole body itching with the desire to ask questions. I need some tape to put over my mouth, he thought.

For a long time they just sat there, holding hands, no words spoken, in their minds or aloud. He felt the slightest hint of peace, as fleeting as it was, and tried to enjoy it for however long it might last.

he had no ears.

Silencio. El vacío que ella había dejado cuando desapareció seguía en su cabeza.

The room fell silent. Thomas has never seen Newt like this. So angry-- so unwilling to put a calm front, even.

You have no right to be silenced.

I was standing in the most absolute aloneness that I had ever been given.

Up telephone poles, Which rear, half out of leavage As though they would shriek Like things smothered by their own Green, mindless, unkillable ghosts. In Georgia, the legend says That you must close your windows At night to keep it out of the house The glass is tinged with green, even so, As the tendrils crawl over the fields. The night the Kudzu has Your pasture, you sleep like the dead. Silence has grown oriental And you cannot step upon the ground... ALL: Kudzu by James Dickey

Her voice was weak, too much air and not enough sound.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

Organized slaughter, we realize, does not settle a dispute; it merely silences an argument.