“When silence takes possession of you; when far from the racket of the human highway the sacred fire flames up in the… — A.G. Sertillanges Copy Share Image
Authentic love does not devalue another human being. Authentic love does not silence, shame or abuse. If you are in a relationship… — Brooke Axtell Copy Share Image
“I am happy to say that there is nothing to report." The guard's voice grew muffled as he bent to shrug off… — Matthew Jobin Copy Share Image
“It's that the silence hanging between us, the awkward and painful glance we share, acknowledges that I'm sitting in his seat. I… — Rachel Cohn and David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Silence. It flashed from the woodwork and the walls; it smote him with an awful, total power, as if generated by a… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
To be a good storyteller one must be gloriously alive. It is not possible to kindle fresh fires from burned-out embers. I… — Ruth Sawyer Copy Share Image
“She knew very well that people fell out, even stormily, and then made up. But she did not know how to start… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“He was perfectly capable of looking after himself, although after his marriage he had lost the knack for it. He missed the… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is… — James Alison Copy Share Image
These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . .… — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
There are times in history when the dark drums of God can barely be heard amid the noises of this world. Then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
Her little shoulders drove me mad; I hugged her and hugged her. And she loved it. 'I love love,' she said, closing… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I just don't want the fear from the right to be used by the [Barack] Obama administration to silence critics. We have… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“Why should being quiet mean you're in love? Because, she said. That means you aren't nervous with each other, or affected, or… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side,… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Now on the hills I hear the thunder mutter... Nearer and nearer rolls the thunder-clap,— You can hear the quick heart of… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not… — Wendy McElroy Copy Share Image
“He keeps silent for several seasons. In my mind, hundreds of questions that I don’t ask. Instead, I go to Machu Picchu,… — Alexandria Ryu Copy Share Image
“And by the shores of the river Zaire there is neither quiet nor silence. "It was night, and the rain fell; and… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“V. Night Song At Amafi I asked the heaven of stars What I should give my love– It answered me with silence,… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
“The packet of fading photos gives it away if you know how to look: always a rundown porch landing and stair rails… — Monica Wood Copy Share Image
“If the silence in my head lasted, I would never go back. I wouldn’t be the first one to choose this form… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I question every part of who I am. I question every part of who I am! It's hard to tell which side… — Of Mice&Men Copy Share Image
I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion. It glides over you without shape or form,… — Anne Spollen Copy Share Image
The world is not all people understand you do not know who was misunderstood no point in arguing, we choose to remain… — Alex Low 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
Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see and my feet never take… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“There is such a powerful eloquence in silence. True genius is knowing when to say nothing, to allow the experience, the moment… — Richard Wagamese Copy Share Image
“Clench clench these strong teeth in this strong mouth. My mouth. Of my body. In my house. My mouth? Chapped lips swollen… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Then we have the silence of the eyes which will always help us to see God. Our eyes are like two windows… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“I have to think about that one for a minute. “Everybody’s pissed ’cause One-Fifteen hasn’t been charged,” I say, “but also because… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image