Quotes About Silence

We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These soundaholics, these quietophobics.

You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of deep outer space, the incredible cold and quiet where your wife and kid wait. Silence, not heaven, would be reward enough.

You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception.

It would be that time--late at night-- when your ears reach out for any sound. When you can see more with your eyes closed than open.

The hardest blessing you give up is silence.

It's a look that says: Thank you for not sharing.

In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence.

You have to talk, otherwise your head turns into a cemetery.

You could choke on the silence.

Silence. Give me control. Give me calm. Give me restraint. Flash.

Cuando nos morimos, esas son las historias que siguen en nuestro labios. Las historias que solamente les contamos a desconocidos, en algún lugar íntimo de la celda acolchada de la medianoche. Esas historias importantes que nos pasamos años ensayando mentalmente pero que nunca contamos. Esas historias son fantasmas, que traen a la gente de vuelta de entre los muertos. Solamente un momento. De visita. Cada historia es un fantasma.

In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence. Not the fake silence you get when you plug your ears so you hear nothing but your heart, but real out-of-doors silence.

The first rule of film club is you don't talk about Rosebud.

With a gun barrel pressed between you're teeth, you speak only in vowels.

By the middle of the novel I decided that what two people don't say to each other forges a stronger bond than honest.

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club.

The first rule of Flunk Klub, Aardvark said, is you don't talk about Flunk Klub.

I don't answer. I count in my head: five syllables, seven, five. A tiger can smile A snake will say it loves you Lies make us evil

Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong

The worst aspect of loneliness was the silence.

Algunos actos son demasiado bajos hasta para tener nombre. Demasiado bajos para hablar de ellos.

These people who need their television or stereo or radio playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These are my neighbors. These sound-oholics. These quiet-ophobics.

In der Mitte des Romans angelangt kam ich zu dem Schluss, dass das, was zwei Leute einander nicht sagen, ein stärkeres Band zwischen ihnen schmiedet als Aufrichtigkeit.

With a gun stuck in your mouth and the barrel of the gun between your teeth, you can only talk in vowels. We're