There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And… — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
“There was a long silence. Magnus broke it. “I have to hand it to you,” he said. “I never thought Jace and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
“you.’ He laid his hand on Frodo’s shoulder. ‘I will help you bear this burden, as long as it is yours to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Daddy had only just got into bed when, from the next room, a small voice called, "Hello?" "What do you want?" Daddy… — Francis Gay Copy Share Image
“One gave oneself time, one lost oneself, one followed the sun, one fell asleep so often on a bed of straw, and… — Claude Esteban Copy Share Image
“...it was only after a long silence, when he said, in a hesitating voice, "I suppose you fellows remember I did once… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
All right then," said the savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“A MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE WERE IN COURT BATTLING FOR THE CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN. THE MOTHER ARGUED TO THE JUDGE… — Mark A. Barondess Copy Share Image
“How do you compete with a ghost, Colton?" I whisper the question into a long silence. He shrugs. "I don't know. You… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Honesty," she announced. Her slightly shaky voice echoed through the dark assembly hall. the single word and the long silence after it… — Alice Alfonsi Copy Share Image
“What if there was an Indian attack? What if I--” She turned her head to study him. “I might look down the… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“No matter what I do, I really do love you Celaena." The word hit her like a stone to the head. He'd… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“There is a song within us all. I know this now because in the long silences of the open ocean I have… — Paul Heiney Copy Share Image
“If you wish to examine me to determine the sex of the child, you may do so.” Her chin lifted. “But as… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“So tell us," says Connor, "in The World According to Hayden, when do we start to live?" A long silence from Hayden,… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“She was suddenly self-conscious of the fact that she and Jay were on the bed together, even though they'd been there, together… — Kimberly Derting Copy Share Image
“Clyde swore long and low, making the one syllable word into several. “What in the hell happened in the space of twenty-four… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“You might want to stop with the threats before my heart gives out.” “You look healthy enough.” “And you look sane. Imagine… — Lyn Gala Copy Share Image
“- I won't be able to think. I won't be able to work. - Nothing will interfere with your work like suicide.… — Sarah Kane Copy Share Image
“Where was Falcon headed when you last saw him?” she asked, her voice still shaky. Maybe if she hurried, she could catch… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To remember love after long sleep; to turn again to poetry after a year in the market place, or to youth after… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
“All right. But rocks, Mother, I hope I’ll never be called king.” “You once hoped you’d never be a soldier.” “Don’t remind… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“You know,’ said Damen, ‘he’s going to let someone eventually. Better all round if it’s you.’ There was a long silence, and… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
“You know,’ said Damen, ‘he’s going to let someone eventually. Better all round if it’s you.’ There was a long silence, and… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
Being a Silent Brother is life, Clary Fray. But if you mean I remember my life before the Brotherhood, I do. Clary… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Well, " said her daddy, "your careless heedlessness has almost lost me my life. I am now going to give you a… — Betty MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Let me guess,” Thorne said. “Breaking and entering?” After a long silence of examining the retracting mechanism, the girl wrinkled her nose.… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
“Snape raised his eyebrows and his tone was sardonic as he asked, “Are you intending to let him kill you?” “Certainly not.… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“His eyes - those silver eyes that would probably haunt her for the rest of her life - were bright. "No matter… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“How would you like it if I said to you, 'It kills me to say this, but you're actually a tiny bit… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Shigure Sohma: So anyway I was wondering if you could stop by the house and take a look at Tohru's cut. That… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
“What was his name?” She pushed her lips together, shoving away the memory of how he’d looked the last time she’d seen… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“In her white dress she was like a cold light coming into the room. Stoner started involuntarily toward her and felt Finch’s… — John Williams Copy Share Image
“We know what you are thinking. It is not girls who need lessons in how to talk on the telephone. We are… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Isn't there something in living dangerously?' There's a great deal in it,' the Controller replied. 'Men and women must have their adrenals… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“I thought there was something weird with all of you, I just couldn't figure out what it was. But now I know.… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“I spin in the trail to face Kat, who raises her own walking stick to meet mine. ‘A duel to the death?’… — Elissa Janine Hoole Copy Share Image
