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title: "3 Alive Silence Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Alive Silence quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Alive Silence sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I discovered that I felt at home and alive in the silence, which compelled me to enter my interior world and around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-discovered-that-i-felt-at-home-and-alive-in-the-silence-which/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/karen-armstrong-1053_communication_i-discovered-that-i-felt-at-home-and-ali_126549.jpg)

> [I love your silences, they are like mine. You are the only being before whom I am not distressed by my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-love-your-silences-they-are-like-mine-you-are-the-only-being-before/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/anais-nin-288_alive_i-love-your-silences-they-are-like-mine_269809.jpg)

> [I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-spent-a-long-time-looking-at-faces-drinking-in-smiles-am-i-happy-or/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/albert-camus-47_alive_i-spent-a-long-time-looking-at-faces-dri_507969.jpg)

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