quotations about silence
Empty afternoons of silence
Only the whirl of fans
Cutting through the air
SOCORRO PASCO
"Empty Afternoons of Silence", In the Silence of Dreaming and Selected Poems
When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMS
attributed, AB bookman's weekly: for the specialist book world
Silence is in the ear of the beholder.
ALEX BEAM
Boston Globe, August 7, 2017
Black emptiness
Despair
Dead I am
Infinite darkness and
Dreams
My journey begins
Forlorn in silence
LORD BELIAL
"Forlorn in Silence"
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Silence stopped us slipping into the lousy script.
GLEN DUNCAN
Talulla Rising
Before the invader sound was born, the Universe was silent and shall be again.
ROBERT E. HOWARD
Kull: Exile of Atlantis
Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk.
WILLIAM STAFFORD
Crossing Unmarked Snow
Break the silence
Break the surface
Open your eyes
And be free
RMB
"Break the Silence"
He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent.
JOHANN CASPAR LAVATER
Aphorisms on Man
So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
GRAHAM GREENE
The Quiet American
And silence, like a poultice, comes
To heal the blows of sound.
OLIVER WENDALL HOLMES
The Music Grinder
A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.
HENRI-FREDERIC AMIEL
Journal Intime
Silence taunts: a dare. Everything that disappears
Disappears as if returning somewhere.
TRACY K. SMITH
"The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"