2,656 Quotes About Silence

But where does the silence that neglects her end, and where does the silence that respects her begin? The problem with silence is that it can’t speak up and say why it’s silent. And so silence collects, becomes amplified, takes on a life outside our intentions, in that silence can get misread as indifference, or avoidance, or even shame, and eventually this silence passes over into forgetting.

If an act of inhumanity goes unchallenged in your presence, then you have no right to call yourself human.

She felt so confused by the gap between what she thought and what was expected of her that she could not speak. Perhaps it was better not to, until she was more sure of what she wanted to say. That way her words could not be twisted and flung back at her. Silence was a powerful tool at Meeting, clearing the way to God. Perhaps now it would allow Honor to be heard.

She attributed her own fine sewing to the prolonged periods of silence at Meeting; these had made her thoughts level and her hand steady, which was reflected in her even stitching.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;not in silence, but restraint.

The dust of the dead words clings to thee.Wash thy soul with silence.

silence is a foxhole

your silence was exquisite: a many-faceted prison that gleamed like a dead crystal star with your voice trapped inside love me. love me. love me.

Hearing about Hank's death caught me squarely on the shoulder. The silence of outer space never seemed so loud.