The unwaking world was as hushed as a deep forest.

“The pursuit of insight takes you deep into the forest.”

— David Mitchell

There are no medium-sized trees in the deep forest. There are only the towering ones, whose canopy spreads across the sky. Below, in the…

— Terry Pratchett

“There was a deep, low grumbling, groaning noise coming from deep within the forest where no grumbling, groaning noise should be heard.”

— Joni Franks

If you've ever walked a mile into a virgin forest - you know, like a deep forest where trees have been uncut - the…

— James Redfield

Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to…

— Jack London

“Hushed words carry harsh judgment.”

— Claire Ashby

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

— Georgina Guthrie

“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

“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

“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

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

Hushed as midnight silence.

— John Dryden