Quotes About Silence

You knew there were no words for what had to be said.

People had long conversations with him, only to realize later that he hadn't spoken.

No one is going to hear what she says whether she speaks or not. Simply she could close her eyes and never speak again. She could suck all of the air in this room-every dust mote, every atom-into her body and hide it inside her…

History shares some secrets, keeps others.

The Silent Woman.

something she was obliged to keep to herself because of others' prejudices.

I didn't talk on the way back to the Hill of Dust. But the maestra did. The whole way, she murmured the sweetest, softest words in Mixteco, words from Grandfather that floated here and there like feathers.

Mi séquito estuvo compuesto por diez sabios colmados de ciencia, los cuales permanecían callados , sabiendo lo que tanto se olvida, que el no saber es la única ciencia

Hell didn't burn. And the only devils to be found were the ones you find on earth, and there were too many of those, and they looked like everybody else. Hell, though. Hell was empty. Hell was nowhere. A dead silent plain of echoes and dust and empty arms rocking. Of dead boys shot down over vast, cold oceans. Where people didn't even care enough about you to hate you. Where the people who'd promised to love you forgot your name. Hell was cold. The coldest place in the universe.

Be a sparrow, I told myself. Be silent and fly away. No one will bother you if you disappear.

won't say anything, won't burst into tears and buckle under the weight of this last, awful straw.

Look, do you want to come in? Because for someone who's not talking to me, you certainly seem to have a lot to say.

Because sometimes when someone is telling you something really important, it's best to just let there be silence, to really think about what they're saying. A lot of times people think they have to say something all insightful or wise or something to try and make the person feel better. But really, sometimes silence is best.

You don't know what you're talking about," he says. "And you shouldn't talk about things you know nothing about.

Something passes between us that I'm pretty sure both of us can feel, even though neither one of us says anything. It's not even any kind of attraction, even though I've been feeling that on and off all night. This is something different. We have a secret now. A secret from Ava.

IN SHAME AND SORROW CHRISTIANS KEEP IN MEMORY THE JEWISH CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. IN 1933, 4675 JEWS LIVED IN DRESDEN. IN 1945 IT WAS 70. WE WERE SILENT AS THEIR HOUSES OF WORSHIP BLAZED . . . WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THEM AS OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.

La voz en off (en Rosetta y La promesse ) sería algo así como "Quédate junto a mí, no me avasalles, no digas nada, no interfieras con mi deseo de imaginarme cómo se sentiría que reconocieses mis necesidades, di algo, dame algo, intentémoslo, quedémonos callados".

Anything I need to know?' said Ruby. 'Uh huh, RULE 1: KEEP IT ZIPPED.

For the first time in my life, I fully understand the expression "I can't hear myself think.

instead of spelling stories you spread silence, which was outside the alphabet.

I felt a clot in my throat, something that wouldn't let language come. ... And there is also a dream I have over and over again, of opening up my mouth and finding my tongue studded with broken glass, so every word is a wound.

But the burns weren't the worst of what that fire did to Dad. It took away his easy smile and booming laugh. It turned him quiet. Some days Dad barely talked at all. He'd get

Holly was strangely silent. Her head lolled. "Holly!" he screamed. "Holly!" But she didn't open her eyes.

Thwack! It sailed through the air and disappeared into the