Quotes About Silence

From now on, the sound of my nights will be the sound of her abscence.

I've learned that some things are almost impossible to talk about because they're things no one wants to know. ? ? ? Not even me.

Miss Smith gave him a look that made him shut his mouth, except he begged her pardon first.

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar They're worth so much more after I'm a goner And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin' Funny when you're dead how people start listenin

Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

The sound of silence is muted and unheard, music is quite the opposite.

I will tell no one what I know of the two of you. But I would ask one small price for my silence. (Damien) And that is? (Rowena) If you still believe in God, then say a prayer for me. He turned a deaf ear to my pleas long ago. (Damien)

Speak openly. There is no one I trust more than Lutian. (Adara) He's a half-wit, my queen. (Xerus) Half-wit, whole-wit, I have enough of them to know to keep silent. So speak, good counselor, and let the queen judge which of the two of us is the greater fool present. (Lutian)

An explosion in space makes no sound, as there is no air to transmit the sound waves.

He had told her the story of his brave ancestors in the army, but why didn't he ever speak of his family here and now?

By the way, by using the very same letters, "listen" spells "silent.

In a time of famine typified by too many words with too much noise in them, we could use fewer words with more silence in them. This is a difficult concept to grasp, but you know it when you hear it. Some of the most effective language in the world leads you up to the brink of silence and leaves you there, with the soft surf of the unsayable lapping at your feet.

You cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office.

Quiet people keep thier secrets to themselves. That's what makes them interesting...and usually worth the wait.

Ã…, det er et godt liv, sa han. Jeg svarte ikke. Synes du ikke? sa han. Jo, jo, sa jeg.

And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the air, the distant, toneless humming which is never silent.

Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

To find out who rules over you, just learn who you are not allowed to criticize

I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity

You don't want to stir things up by questioning the specialists.And it's terribly difficult to end something that's already been established.You interfere and you're out of a job.No, worse yet, you might be sent to a forced labor camp for ideological deviation.Even if everyone were against it, no one would say it out loud.That's why nothing changes.

her true name is never spoken aloud.

It was just that his heart belonged to someone else, and they both knew it. They never spoke of it, but it was true just the same.