“Children born to unwed mothers,’ he said after a long silence, ‘have parts of their souls missing.” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“My mother and Alexis had said no more than ten words to each other. The long silences were deafening” — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'" -Dodge(obviously) — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
“There was a long silence. Al Gore was the first to speak, and he listed Jobs’s accomplishments” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The long silences need to be loved, perhaps more than the words which arrive to describe them in time. — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence. — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
Something unpronounceable followed by a long silence points out my life is becoming a landscape. — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
“There was a long silence while they sat there staring at each other, a moment that was rudely interrupted by the sound… — Philip Caveney Copy Share Image
I would have loved to have been in the room with the ABC executives when they watched David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' TV… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
“i didn't see anyone!" she said. "who were you shooting at? what happened?" there was a long silence. the men looked at… — hf saint Copy Share Image
“Yes, you scare me,” I told him, after a very long silence, while I processed his answer. “But I’m irrevocably fucked up,… — R.K. Lilley Copy Share Image
It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Piper's playing again, and there's a full orchestra.' There was a long silence as Andrew deciphered the cryptic statement. 'A FULL… — D.J. Stutley Copy Share Image
“Grief is an animal you can never quite tame: after a long silence in the shadows, it may stir again and scratch… — Emmi Itäranta Copy Share Image
“The pair stood in long silence. Another thing Eilidh missed. Humans rushed everywhere, filled every moment with noise. They lacked the discipline… — India Drummond Copy Share Image
“I pulled the phone toward me and punched in the number of the sheriff's office in Flat Mesa. The deputy at the… — Allyson James Copy Share Image
“Hello... is this Mrs. Fritzi Bevins?' 'Yes, it is.' 'From Pulaski, Wisconsin?' 'Yes.' 'Uh... you don't know me, but I recently received… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
Some years ago, not long after I moved to Los Angeles from New York, I attended a television industry party. When a… — Carol Muske-Dukes Copy Share Image
“Cronkite had mastered the intentional pause, the need for frozen seconds of long silence at certain historic moments. Nobody before or after… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
“This is a little awkward," I said, "but my mother just ran over the rabbit." "Ran over?" "As in roadkill. We're not… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“So I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Blue Eyes, you will drink?” Loretta waved him away. A long silence settled over them. Then Hunter grasped her chin and forced… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Words failed him again; he began to stammer in his unsuccessful attempt to express the first vague stirrings of the future he… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“He walked out the door and with each step my heart breaks. He'd be gone for days with long silences between each… — J.A. ANUM Copy Share Image
“Another long silence descends while I try to gather my thoughts. I should be angrier, probably. I should demand proof of his… — Karen M. McManus Copy Share Image
“She was talking too loud now, shouting almost, and a long silence followed. Why was she being like this? He was only… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Blue Eyes, you will drink?” Loretta waved him away. A long silence settled over them. Then Hunter grasped her chin and forced… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Hello," She said. There was a long silence. "Hello," said Artemis again. "Are you talking to me?" said the tree. It had… — Marie Phillips Copy Share Image
“BLUE SWEATER Bom Bom... Bom Bom... Bom Bom... Do you hear that? That's the sound of my heart beating... Bom Bom... Bom… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“So the boy…the boy must die?” asked Snape quite calmly. “And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential.” Another long… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“The silence became unreal and seemed suddenly filled with a noise of its own, the noise of a too long silence.” — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brain." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain." There was… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
So, if I ever find myself hankering for the long, respectful silences of the olden days, I remind myself that classical music… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead . . . That we descant and yet… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I remember having a friend overnight, and lots of giggling after the lights were out. And seemingly long silences followed by “Are… — Joe Brainard Copy Share Image
