[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“Every spark returns to darkness. Every sound returns to silence. Every flower returns to sleep with the earth. The journey of the… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The reason why I don't speak to you anymore is because I keep telling myself that if you wanted to talk to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences. — Philip Glenister Copy Share Image
A person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration. — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Mute in that golden silence hung with green, Come down from heaven and bring me in your eyes Remembrance of all beauty… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
“They tell me to be quiet When I’d rather cause a riot And have everyone screaming Out their eccentric meaning.” — Initially NO Copy Share Image
Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
“Does a lack of life always equate to death? Perhaps it’s sometimes worse than that. For us, back then, it was. We… — Sima B. Moussavian Copy Share Image
“Her voice had been the only sound in the room for ten minutes or more, and it had been continuous. She seemed… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Hang out with wise people and you will realize that there is nothing better for man than silence. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
And in that narrow cockpit I wept, as I shall never weep again, when I felt the concrete brush against his wheels… — Pierre Clostermann Copy Share Image
So many people choose silence after the immediate wake of a death out of fear of saying something out of turn or… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
“It is so simple, yet so hard for some people to do. If you want someone out of your life then you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
We don't look at each other [in the car], but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I went to the springs while the sun was still up, and sitting on a rocky outcrop above the cave mouth I… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“The limitless, lowering sky, the long stretches of motionless empty prairie, the silence, complete right down to the absence of birdsong --… — larry watson Copy Share Image
“The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another… — Jake Vander Ark Copy Share Image
When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Sometimes silence is a good choice of weapon against gossip thoughts from annoying mind. — Louaiq8 Copy Share Image
Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world on the blue shore of silence or where the storm has passed… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“You know what else is adorable? When I can clearly see you having a furious discussion in your own head.” “That’s visible… — Charlotte Stein Copy Share Image
Poetry is so close to music, not just in cadence and sound but in silences. That's why, to me, I can't talk… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“Why are we afraid of the silence that ensues after our death? Wasn’t it the same silence we endured before birth? Isn’t… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“All he heard was his own labored breathing, followed by an echo of that breathing. He inhaled and heard a louder inhale.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“In the therapeutic process based on awareness, there exists no ”I" – it just exists a presence, a light, a love and… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“There is an ancient saying,' noted Ironflanks, 'originating, I believe, from you fastbloods. The truth will set you free.' 'No, old steamer,'… — Stephen Hunt Copy Share Image
From him to the stars, in all directions, there was only silence and emptiness. — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
The after-silence, when the feast is o'er,And void the places where the minstrels stood,Differs in nought from what hath been before,And is… — William Watson Copy Share Image
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
“I am going to die. When I die I will be dead, gone, no more. There will be no more thinking, no… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you are trading silence or compliance for love, you are being cheated. When acceptance or love is withheld if you reveal… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
![“[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death. And I remind myself all the time now, that if I were to have been born mute, and had maintained an oath…” quote by Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/008/audre-lorde-758_born_speaking-is-never-without-fear-of-visibi_2564375.jpg)
![“We don't look at each other [in the car], but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/441/abbas-kiarostami-2631_appearing_we-don-t-look-at-each-other-in-the-car-b_2570771.jpg)
