Silence Quote by Amos Oz

“My heart was breaking in response to his silence.”

— Amy Clipston

“Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could.”

— Wendelin Van Draanen

“It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it. .... The silence seemed to be trying to tell him…

— Haruki Murakami

“It seemed in life, whenever you were wanted, it was for some discussion or explanation. Silence was just something to be filled.”

— Jessie Atkin

“Sometimes, I just wanted my silences to stay silent, full of thoughts, empty of words.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“He was quiet. I said nothing, hoping that maybe, for once, he'd stop pretending he was okay. Then I could, too. That we could…

— Megan Hart

“These days it seemed like the words between them were there only to outline the silences.”

— Jodi Picoult

“always struck him how much more effective silence was than words. If the effect you were after was to disconcert.”

— Louise Penny

“Then he realised (in some odd way) that the silence was rather a living silence than a dead one.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“This was killing her. She had to break the silence. This was not natural. It was too awful. People were meant to talk.”

— Julia Quinn

“They sensed that nothing needed to be said. In silence, minds understand each other.”

— Georges Rodenbach

“you soon find out how loud the silence really is. everything unsaid leads eventually to what is said.”

— Colum McCann