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Quotes About Silence

The silence became unreal and seemed suddenly filled with a noise of its own, the noise of a too long silence.
~ Chaim Potok
A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two
~ Chaim Potok
And in that silence he began to hear the world crying.' - Chaim Potok, The Chosen
~ Chaim Potok
He didn't say anything and just helped me to my room...He gently patted my back and then left the house and drove off to one of his stores in the city.
~ Chang-Rae Lee
And that's your fantasy? That I come into your house naked and have sex with you? After that, you tell me that you have sent Eric on his way, that you want to be mine forever, and that to share my life you will permit me to make you a vampire like me. The silence now was thick, and the fun had drained out of the fantasy. Then Bill added, You know what I'd say when you told me this? I'd tell you I would never do such a thing. Because I love you.
~ Charlaine Harris
Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His silence washed over me. I stood, closed my eyes, breathed out the relief that was too profound for words.
~ Charlaine Harris
Least said soonest meanded
~ Charlaine Harris
I couldn't speak, for once in my life. I was terrified of seeing him again; and I would rather have shaved my head than not see him again.
~ Charlaine Harris
As I put one foot on the steps, Hunter said silently, Bye, Aunt Sookie. Bye, Hunter, I said right back.
~ Charlaine Harris
Il était tard; ainsi qu'une médaille neuve La pleine lune s'étalait, Et la solennité de la nuit, comme un fleuve Sur Paris dormant ruisselait.
~ Charles Baudelaire
As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
~ Kate Hudson
I don't talk during production meetings, people don't generally say anything.
~ Michelle McCool
As a former member of the IRA, I accept all the responsibilities that are due to me. But in terms of the individual circumstances, I don't comment on that.
~ Martin McGuinness
Don't you talk to me about members of the Royal Family, you know I am not going to talk about them. Diana's dead. Talking about dead people is history.
~ Princess Michael of Kent
The Prince interview was a failure. Huge, but most memorable 'cause he didn't say anything.
~ Dick Clark
If I was not allowed to mention that I was in the film industry, I could go six months without getting a kiss.
~ Peter Farrelly
I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it.
~ Pamela Druckerman
I have no great message to the world.
~ Orson Welles
I have no message.
~ Zinedine Zidane
And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.
~ Jean Ingelow
I think that people in Mexico talk too much.
~ Carlos Vela
For me the most important is on the pitch, I don't like too much speaking in the press. I will do the minimum. I will do it because I have to do it.
~ Nicolas Anelka
After this interlude, invite again the muffled sound of the bell before enouncing the words of the next two lines with their key words. They will again be succeeded by a full sound of the bell, a silent period, and so on until the end of the exercise.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Advierte que el silencio viene de tu corazón y no de estar callado.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh