SILENCE QUOTES VII

quotations about silence

Great hearts are free of either want or wish;
They may be proud and richly clothe themselves
In lofty, burdenless, mysterious Silence.

CARMEN SYLVA

"Out of the Deep"

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To which Silence of course made no reply, letting him hear what he had said and feel its foolishness thoroughly.

URSULA K. LE GUIN

Tales from Earthsea

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Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

MADAME SWETCHINE

"Airelles", The Writings of Madame Swetchine

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Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

The Will to Power

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Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

VITTORIO ALFIERI

La Congiura de' Pazzi

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I love your silences, they are like mine.

ANAIS NIN

Under a Glass Bell

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I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.

XENOCRATES

attributed, The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

MARK HELPRIN

attributed, Quotable Quotes


Silence is so freaking loud.

SARAH DESSEN

Just Listen

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Down through the starry intervals,
Upon this weary-laden world,
How soft the soul of Silence falls!
How deep the spell wherewith she thralls,
How wide her mantle is unfurled.

MARY CLEMMER AMES

"Silence"

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Silence is one of the hardest kinds of arguments to refute.

H. W. SHAW

attributed, Day's Collacon


Saying nothing ... sometimes says the most.

EMILY DICKINSON

letter to Mrs. Joseph A. Sweetser, January 1874


He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue.

HENRY ADAMS

The Education of Henry Adams

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There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain.

MADISON CAWEIN

Haunters of the Silence


Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave.

EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON

Harold

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Silence is learned by the many misfortunes of life.

SENECA

Thyestes

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Behind the word is silence. Behind that silence is forgetfulness.

GIANNINA BRASCHI

Empire of Dreams


It's not the shouting
Or the angry words
It's not those looks
Sideways glancing
It's not do as I say
It's not compliance
It's the silence

COREY GLOVER

"Silence"


There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do; there are movements that are involuntary proofs of what the soul feels.

VITTORIO ALFIERI

attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical

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Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.

NORTON JUSTER

The Phantom Tollbooth