I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
As the waves of perfume, heliotrope, rose, Float in the garden when no wind blows, Come to us, go from us, whence… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I imagine you will always be pinched for money, for time, for a place to work. But I think you will do… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“God first created silence: whole, indivisible, complete. All creatures--man, woman, beast, insect, bird, and fish--lived happily together with this silence until one… — John Zerzan Copy Share Image
The danger lies in forgetting what we had. The flow between generations becomes a trickle, grandchildren tape-recording grandparents' memories on special occasions… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“Yet when we came back, from the hyacinth garden, Yours arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“There are quiet places also in the mind,” he said, meditatively. “But we build bandstand and factories on them. Deliberately—to put a… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Wren?' he says. 'Talk to me.' I don't reply. What would be the point? I know he will twist me around his… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
“Now they came, spectres in mourning, humbling themselves, ghosts, their eyes the only points of brightness. It was harrowing: a long cortege… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue… — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
God has spoken very boldly about his desire to be a presence in our lives. If I want to heal the ache… — Tim Hansel Copy Share Image
“MR. SMITH: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. [Silence.] MR. MARTIN: Don't you feel well? [Silence.] MRS. SMITH: No, he's wet his… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
“A lot of corpses woke up every morning from their graves. Stood in front of the mirror and wore the masks which… — Akshay Vasu Copy Share Image
“Word Silence" There's a flame like the flame of fucking that longs to be put out: words are filings drawn toward a… — Chase Twichell Copy Share Image
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
“The ambiance of solitude, the absence of any disturbing noise and of worldly desires and images, the quiet and calm attention of… — Carthusian Monks Copy Share Image
“The spiritual life goes through alternating phases in which God successively shows and hides himself, makes himself heard and is quiet. Prayer… — Robert Cardinal Sarah Copy Share Image
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and… — Genna Rulon Copy Share Image
I do not wish to die- There is such contingent beauty in life: The open window on summer mornings Looking out on… — A. L. Rowse Copy Share Image
The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
We must leave the entire collection of conditioned thought behind and let ourselves be led by the inner thread of silence into… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“When we discover the secret of being inwardly at worship while outwardly at work, we find that the soul's silence brings us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If India is notorious for never punishing scamsters and letting politicians get away with loot, rape, murder and worse, it is because… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
“What is the verdict of the vastest mind? Silence: the book of fate is closed to us. Man is a stranger to… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“It was the only way to silence you.” She bristled with outrage. “Silence me? You took liberties with my … my …… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
And in this silence of the dumb and these speeches of the blind, in this medly of people bound together by the… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side-it may be that your judgment is… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
I have great love for Saint Joseph, because he is a man of silence and strength. On my table I have an… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Silence is what allows people to suffer without recourse, what allows hypocrisies and lies to grow and flourish, crimes to go unpunished.… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
We must protect each other against the attacks of those self-appointed watchdogs of patriotism now abroad in the land who irresponsibly pin… — Joel Henry Hildebrand Copy Share Image
“He loops his arm over my shoulder and we watch the waves in silence. We've had so many silences between us these… — Lindsey Leavitt Copy Share Image
In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
Those eerie diamond eyes shifted over to her and she stilled, as if he's willed her to do so. There was a… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
As someone who spent a lot of years living in Jerusalem, one of the great perks is that when you come back,… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
![“MR. SMITH: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. [Silence.] MR. MARTIN: Don't you feel well? [Silence.] MRS. SMITH: No, he's wet his pants. [Silence.] MRS. MARTIN: Oh, sir, at your age, you shouldn't. [Silence.] MR. SMITH: The heart is ageless. [Silence.]” quote by Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a00/eug-ne-ionesco-1878_silence_mr-smith-oh-dear-oh-dear-oh-dear-silence_2374232.jpg)
