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> [“It would never have crossed her mind spontaneously that somebody might actually need silence. That silence helps you to go inward, that anyone who is interested in something more than just life outside actually needs silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/it-would-never-have-crossed-her-mind-spontaneously-that-somebody/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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## Other authors on Need Silence

## More by Muriel Barbery

> [“Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, teach the teachers; and those who can't teach the teachers go into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/those-who-can-do-those-who-can-t-teach-those-who-can-t-teach-teach/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/what-is-writing-no-matter-how-lavish-the-pieces-if-it-says-nothing-of/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [Live or die: mere consequences of what you have built. What matters is building well. So here we are I've assigned myself a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/live-or-die-mere-consequences-of-what-you-have-built-what-matters-is/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“A terroir only exists by virtue of one's childhood mythology . . . we have invented these words of tradition rooted deep in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/a-terroir-only-exists-by-virtue-of-one-s-childhood-mythology-we-have/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple,authentic and refined sensations, a license given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/the-tea-ritual-such-a-precise-repetition-of-the-same-gestures-and-the/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [As always, I am saved by the inability of living creatures to believe anything that might cause the walls of their little mental assumptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/as-always-i-am-saved-by-the-inability-of-living-creatures-to-believe/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“I wonder if I am not turning into a contemplative . . . But those roses . They were something else. I was having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-wonder-if-i-am-not-turning-into-a-contemplative-but-those-roses/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/personally-i-think-that-grammar-is-a-way-to-attain-beauty/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/to-be-poor-ugly-and-moreover-intelligent-condemns-one-in-our-society/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [Beautiful things should belong to beautiful souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/beautiful-things-should-belong-to-beautiful-souls/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [I know that they're all unhappy because nobody loves the right person the way they should and because they don't understand that it's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-know-that-they-re-all-unhappy-because-nobody-loves-the-right-person/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/we-never-look-beyond-our-assumptions-and-what-s-worse-we-have-given/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“To rich people it must seem that the ordinary little people..experience human emotions with less intensity and greater indifference...The fact that we might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/to-rich-people-it-must-seem-that-the-ordinary-little-people/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-may-know-that-the-world-is-an-ugly-place-i-still-don-t-want-to-see/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

> [“Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain Beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if you’ve said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/personally-i-think-that-grammar-is-a-way-to-attain-beauty-when-you/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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