Hushed words carry harsh judgment.

“Be your own worst judge, and no one else’s harsh judgment would ever bother you again; because you have done this already before.”

— Hussein A. Al-Banawi

“A parent’s harsh judgment of a child carries with it near-divine authority. Over time, it becomes a governing voice in that child’s head, whispering…

— Miranda Davis

“I started to reply; she hushed me with a wave of her ring-heavy right hand.”

— Stephen King

Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words on the other hand, were a lifeline. They left their hushed…

— Diane Setterfield

The unwaking world was as hushed as a deep forest.

— Haruki Murakami

“We speak in hushed voices, so as not to wake our memories, the things we've done, the things we'll continue to do, for fear…

— Daniel Grayson

“Men never hesitated to declare their presence. They were permitted to live aloud, in reverberating thuds and clunks, while ladies were always schooled to…

— Tessa Dare

“Cooper,” she said. “Cooper Jax.” As if saying his name would someone break the spell, vanquish the mirage she was still faintly hoping she…

— Donna Kauffman

“And sometimes,” she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, “if you don’t feel great on the…

— Morgan Matson

Hushed as midnight silence.

— John Dryden

Foemen at morn, but friends at eve Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!) But now they lie low,…

— Anonymous

“The office containing these two men was of such hushed opulence that it seemed as though their words were borne to one another on…

— Donald E. Westlake

“Peace, he knows, can be shattered in a million variations: great visions of the end, a rain of ash, a disease on the wind,…

— Lauren Groff

“Oh my God,” I said in a hushed voice. You have to speak quietly when you’re in that kind of room.”

— Georgina Guthrie

I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed.

— Djuna Barnes