“My mother and Alexis had said no more than ten words to each other. The long silences were deafening” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
“Children born to unwed mothers,’ he said after a long silence, ‘have parts of their souls missing.” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“The silence became unreal and seemed suddenly filled with a noise of its own, the noise of a too long silence.” — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Something unpronounceable followed by a long silence points out my life is becoming a landscape. — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
“There was a long silence. Al Gore was the first to speak, and he listed Jobs’s accomplishments” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The long silences need to be loved, perhaps more than the words which arrive to describe them in time. — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence. — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead . . . That we descant and yet… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
So, if I ever find myself hankering for the long, respectful silences of the olden days, I remind myself that classical music… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
“The pair stood in long silence. Another thing Eilidh missed. Humans rushed everywhere, filled every moment with noise. They lacked the discipline… — India Drummond Copy Share Image
Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brain." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain." There was… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“There was a long silence while they sat there staring at each other, a moment that was rudely interrupted by the sound… — Philip Caveney Copy Share Image
I would have loved to have been in the room with the ABC executives when they watched David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' TV… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
“Yes, you scare me,” I told him, after a very long silence, while I processed his answer. “But I’m irrevocably fucked up,… — R.K. Lilley Copy Share Image
There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
“you.’ He laid his hand on Frodo’s shoulder. ‘I will help you bear this burden, as long as it is yours to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Daddy had only just got into bed when, from the next room, a small voice called, "Hello?" "What do you want?" Daddy… — Francis Gay Copy Share Image
“One gave oneself time, one lost oneself, one followed the sun, one fell asleep so often on a bed of straw, and… — Claude Esteban Copy Share Image
“...it was only after a long silence, when he said, in a hesitating voice, "I suppose you fellows remember I did once… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“A MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE WERE IN COURT BATTLING FOR THE CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN. THE MOTHER ARGUED TO THE JUDGE… — Mark A. Barondess Copy Share Image
All right then," said the savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Blue Eyes, you will drink?” Loretta waved him away. A long silence settled over them. Then Hunter grasped her chin and forced… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
Shigure Sohma: So anyway I was wondering if you could stop by the house and take a look at Tohru's cut. That… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
“What was his name?” She pushed her lips together, shoving away the memory of how he’d looked the last time she’d seen… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“In her white dress she was like a cold light coming into the room. Stoner started involuntarily toward her and felt Finch’s… — John Williams Copy Share Image
“We know what you are thinking. It is not girls who need lessons in how to talk on the telephone. We are… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“She was suddenly self-conscious of the fact that she and Jay were on the bed together, even though they'd been there, together… — Kimberly Derting Copy Share Image
“Clyde swore long and low, making the one syllable word into several. “What in the hell happened in the space of twenty-four… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“There is a song within us all. I know this now because in the long silences of the open ocean I have… — Paul Heiney Copy Share Image
After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'" -Dodge(obviously) — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
“i didn't see anyone!" she said. "who were you shooting at? what happened?" there was a long silence. the men looked at… — hf saint Copy Share Image
It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Piper's playing again, and there's a full orchestra.' There was a long silence as Andrew deciphered the cryptic statement. 'A FULL… — D.J. Stutley Copy Share Image
“Grief is an animal you can never quite tame: after a long silence in the shadows, it may stir again and scratch… — Emmi Itäranta Copy Share Image
“There was a long silence. Magnus broke it. “I have to hand it to you,” he said. “I never thought Jace and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
