--- title: "1 Kept Hearing Quotes By Avi" description: "1 Kept Hearing quotes by Avi. Plus more from Avi and more Kept Hearing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/avi-10112_silence_then-the-silence-came-back-that-awful-si_2959257.png" --- > [“Then the silence came back, that awful silence that seemed to just take over. In that silence I kept hearing what I had said--heard it repeating itself over and over again like a stuck record. I wanted it to stop.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/then-the-silence-came-back-that-awful-silence-that-seemed-to-just/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/avi-10112_silence_then-the-silence-came-back-that-awful-si_2959257.png) ## More by Avi > [I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/i-don-t-like-the-idea-of-a-book-being-a-test-or-being-used-for-a-test/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“What was the point of freedom if it only lead to death?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/what-was-the-point-of-freedom-if-it-only-lead-to-death/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“She can be fierce, but for all of that she's actually kindness itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/she-can-be-fierce-but-for-all-of-that-she-s-actually-kindness-itself/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/there-are-those-who-d-rob-a-blind-man-of-his-eyelashes-if-they-could/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“Something Zachariah told me filled my mind and excited my heart: "A Sailor," he said, "chooses the wind that takes the ship from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/something-zachariah-told-me-filled-my-mind-and-excited-my-heart-a/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“Laurence, not sure what to do, remained standing below the steps. "And who is this?" Mrs Hamlyn asked. Patrick looked back. "His name is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/laurence-not-sure-what-to-do-remained-standing-below-the-steps-and/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/i-think-you-become-a-writer-when-you-stop-writing-for-yourself-or/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/now-give-me-a-kiss-say-you-love-me-and-off-you-go-sure-aunt-lu-i-said/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/all-i-can-think-is-that-when-you-torment-a-person-the-soul-dies-when/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“The boys, hearing this declaration, allowed not the slightest hint that they had ever heard anything like it before.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/the-boys-hearing-this-declaration-allowed-not-the-slightest-hint-that/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/listen-and-watch-the-world-around-you-don-t-be-satisfied-with-answers/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“The more I came to know of the world, the more I knew I knew it not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/the-more-i-came-to-know-of-the-world-the-more-i-knew-i-knew-it-not/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [“Do you know how you can tell a professional writer from an amateur?" "No." "An amateur worries about the work before starting. A professional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/do-you-know-how-you-can-tell-a-professional-writer-from-an-amateur-no/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/let-s-agree-then-if-you-re-about-to-come-to-a-conclusion-you-ll-head/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) > [In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/in-elementary-school-i-did-well-in-science-but-i-was-a-poor-writer/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-hearing/avi/#itemlist", "name": "1 Kept Hearing Quotes By Avi", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Then the silence came back, that awful silence that seemed to just take over. In that silence I kept hearing what I had said--heard it repeating itself over and over again like a stuck record. I wanted it to stop. 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