Quotes About Silence

Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute.

The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened

It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.

Quien quiere de verdad quiere en silencio, con hechos, nunca con palabras.

Jacinta never told Penelope that she loved her. The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've done, what we've learned about ourselves and about others, is an illusion, a passing nightmare. Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened, until the moment comes when we no longer recognize them and they return, with another face and another name, to devour what they left behind.

Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen

The memories we bury under mountains of silence are the ones that never stop haunting us.

How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking.

We looked at each other in the half-light, searching for words that didn't exist.

The air seemed poisoned with fear and hatred. People eyed on another suspiciously, and the streets smelled of a silence that knotted your stomach.

Before we knew it, we were walking along the breakwater until the whole city, shining with silence, speak out at our feet like the greatest mirage in the universe, emerging from the pool of the harbor waters. We sat on the edge of the jetty to gaze at the sight. This city is a sorceress, you know, Daniel? It gets under your skin and steals your soul without you knowing it.

Silence makes even idiots seem wise for a minute.

People eyed one another suspiciously, and the streets smelled of a silence that knotted your stomach.

Jacinta nunca le dijo a Penélope que la quería. El aya sabía que quien quiere de verdad quiere en silencio, con hechos y nunca con palabras.

The only thing I can recall is that it rained all day and all night, and that when I asked my father whether heaven was crying, he couldn't bring himself to reply. Six years later my mother's absence remained in the air around us, a deafening silence that I had not yet learned to stifle with words.

Six years later my mother's absence remained in the air around us, a deafening silence that I had not learned to stifle with words.

Hablar es de necios; callar es de cobardes; escuchar es de sabios.

Los recuerdos que uno entierra en el silencio son los que nunca dejan de perseguirle.

those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

Durante anos fugi sem saber de quê. Julguei que, se corresse atrás do horizonte, as sombras do passado se afastariam do meu caminho. Julguei que, se criasse suficiente distância, as vozes da minha mente se calariam para sempre.

quien quiere de verdad quiere en silencio, con hechos y nunca con palabras.

The city was asleep, and the bookshop felt like a boat adrift in a sea of silence and shadows.