Quotes About Silence

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

When the Little Prince asks the Fox how they can become friends he says if they sit in silence at opposite ends of a field every day, after a long time they will be friends.

Okay, just be quiet for a second, would you?" He squatted down next to the baby and patted the baby's head, which only seemed to make him -- or was that her -- more angry.

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Que quiere una mujer? Ella quieres ser respetada, que la escuches la entiendas, quiere flores, quiere reírse, quiere confiar en ti, no quiere leerte la mente, quiere ser valorada por quien es y en ocasiones ella solo quiere que te calles y dejes de arreglarlo todo. Joan of Arcadia

How devastating it is to be thought of as arrogant. Surely, we have known each other long enough and well enough, for her to understand that my silence only reflects my sense of trust and satisfaction.

There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.

Your comfort is my silence.

The mind requires rest for clarity and integration, and when silence is maintained for regular interludes, the benefits help to sharpen your mind and balance your life.

The thing about Howard was, you could be with him and talk or you could be with him and not talk. He liked you either way.

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.

I command, or I keep quiet." Napoleon

Prison does not silence ideas whose time has come, a fact that generally escapes despots, who by nature are rulers of little wisdom.

A Star appears; they marked its kindling beam O'er night's dark breast unusual splendours stream: The lesser lights that deck the sky, In wondering silence softly gliding by, At the fair stranger seemed to gaze, Or veiled their trembling fires and half withdrew their rays.

And oft the starry scope of heaven beneath, When day's tumultuous sounds had ceased to breathe, With fixed feet, as rooted there, Through the long night they drew the chilly air; While sliding o'er their head, In solemn silence dread, The' ethereal orbs their shining course pursued, In holy trance enwrapt the sages stood, With folded arms laid on their reverent breast, And to that Heaven they knew, their orisons addressed.

I lie alone under the mocking sky. The midnight hours indifferently walk by.

I have followed Silence from the belt of Orion to Berenice's curls -- then lost it in the laughter of my soul.

Deep Love is slow of speech and void of art; Silence and timid tears reveal his heart. But shallow Love is ever eloquent To mouth his meagre passion -- and depart.

If you desire something of real value -- tell no one. You will find it maybe when the eyes of Destiny are turned the other way.

I think, "I can do this. I think I can do this. I think I can make it through the summer. One last summer. That's not so bad, right?" In bed, the voice says nothing, but its silence tells me everything.

that night, I don't bother asking the voice if it's time yet. Because for the first time that I can remember, I don't want to know.

I'm sorry," I want to say, but don't. Every time my mother tells me she loves me, this is what I want to say.

That night, after dark, before the rain, I sneak out of the house. I've mastered this particular skill over the course of many dead nights, when the silence is too loud and the solitude too confining. [...] the truth is, I could simply leave.