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> [“My ideal date would involve painful silence. My ideal date wouldn't involve me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-pink/my-ideal-date-would-involve-painful-silence-my-ideal-date-wouldn-t/)

[Sam Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-pink/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/sam-pink-20384_self-loathing_my-ideal-date-would-involve-painful-sile_1650698.jpg)

> [Wait was painful .. silence is excruciating.. talk was useless..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luphielia/wait-was-painful-silence-is-excruciating-talk-was-useless/)

[Luphielia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luphielia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/luphielia-10951_feelings_wait-was-painful-silence-is-excruciating_1715350.jpg)

> [The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-birdsall/the-referee-told-me-this-league-has-never-had-a-brawl-of-that/)

[Jeanne Birdsall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-birdsall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/jeanne-birdsall-29395_casual_the-referee-told-me-this-league-has-neve_2559550.jpg)

> [“Into the painful silence, Damen said, ‘And you? Will I lose you?’ It”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-pacat/into-the-painful-silence-damen-said-and-you-will-i-lose-you-it/)

[C.S. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-pacat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/c-s-pacat-628_silence_into-the-painful-silence-damen-said-and_2581308.jpg)

> [“Kumar was a man who felt in the end he had lost everything, even his Englishness, and could then only meet every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/kumar-was-a-man-who-felt-in-the-end-he-had-lost-everything-even-his/)

[Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/paul-scott-8558_mind_kumar-was-a-man-who-felt-in-the-end-he-h_3032521.jpg)

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