Quotes About Silence

And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the Congress, and the court system. They should be counter-acting this corruption, but they are sitting there silent.

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence.

At times when I am myself sitting at a retreat, and at the end I get into my car to drive away, I watch my hand move forward to turn on the radio. When I can be mindful, I notice the fact that I actually don't want in that moment to listen to the news or hear some music.

I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.

How has anyone ever understood anyone, except through love, which is wordless?

Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.

Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them couldn't hear anything. Ever again.

They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.

But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking.

At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.

Say "I love you" to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.

...it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise.

At least if I keep my love a secret, he and I can still have this wonderful, odd, exciting relationship where I love him in silence and pretend he's loving me in silence too.

... true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.

In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.

Drying up in conversation You will be the one who cannot talk All your insides fall to pieces You just sit there wishing you could still make love.

When love is full grown it has few words, and sometimes it growls them out.

Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.

I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life.

We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love.

Love doesn't always have to be spoken out loud.