Anne-carson Quote by Anne Carson

Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.

— Jeanette Winterson

“Of the thousand experiences we have, we find language for one at most and even this one merely by chance and without the care…

— Pascal Mercier

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

— Michel Hazanavicius

It's a difficult competition against silence, because silence is a perfect language, the only language which says with no words.

— Eduardo Galeano

Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this.

— Edmond Jabes

Silence is a language.

— Raghav Upmanyu

The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time.

— Maureen Dowd

There is a place where words are born of silence.

— Rumi

The word of silence is such it says everything without saying any word

— Nidhi Saini

“Silence does not mean remaining silent both in speech and on paper. You can keep your mouth shut while communicating thousands of words to…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Silence can bring with it a vacancy that in its turn craves the distraction of the human voice or the obscuring impact created...by music.…

— Juliet Nicolson

“Those who have the power of reproaching in silence may find it a means more effective than words. There are accents in the eye…

— Thomas Hardy