Quotes About Silence

And isn't silence, in its way, a good sign? That everything is well, that the ship is still steaming safely away from shore?

Auntie had nothing to say to that. Whatever was on this man's mind, it had nothing to do with her. There were times when you couldn't fix what was broken with words, and this looked like one of those times.

There were times when you couldn't fix what was broken with words, and this looked like one of those times.

This was their way; a lot was said by saying nothing. She

and stepped into the hall, sealing the door and the voices of the children behind her. A blast of quiet that felt like noise;

In her mind's eye she saw it, saw it all at last: the rolling armies and the flames of battle; the graves and pits and dying cries of a hundred million souls; the spreading darkness, like a black wing stretching over the earth; the last, bitter hours of cruelty and sorrow, and the terrible, final flights; death's great dominion over all, and, at the last, empty cities, becalmed by the silence of a hundred years. Already these things were coming to pass.

What were words, when all I'd had were mountains for company?

He had a finger raised in the air for silence even before Rose saw him, but she had no doubt it was for her benefit.

Secrets have a way of eating away at us from the inside

And on the way, we'll have plenty of time to talk or not talk about whatever's on your mind

Silence, too, can be torture.

There is real comfort in being quiet.

Teachers wondered why I didn't speak up more in class. Why would I when I knew how precarious words could be, how betraying they were, how vulnerable they made you?

From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed.

pero no lo hizo porque ella sí sabía que la mentira tiene una función específica en nuestras vidas y que es tan necesaria como la verdad, tan importante como la explicación y tan valiosa como el silencio.

It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.

Fine," I said. "Go back to the Dogs and wash some dishes." She left without a word.

Can't you see? Why do you try to catch the flashes in the sky? Why don't you be the sky, rising above everything, silent, watching, waiting?

Noi amiamo il silenzio, non ci disturba. Quando il topo gioca vicino a noi, quando il vento del bosco fa frusciare le foglie, noi non abbiamo paura.

So nothing will ever be written down again. Perhaps the act of writing is necessary only when nothing happens.

Although she does not speak to me, She listens while I speak; Her eyes turn not to see my face, But nothing else they seek.

What is intended to be said, if left unsaid, becomes a matter of regret later.

Kabîr says: "Knowing it, the ignorant man becomes wise, and the wise man becomes speechless and silent, The worshipper is utterly inebriated, His wisdom and his detachment are made perfect; He drinks from the cup of the inbreathings and the outbreathings of love.

Hij wilde er met iemand over praten, maar hij durfde zijn mond nergens te openen, was bang dat het geluk uit zijn handen zou vallen.