Age Quote by Bruce Barcott

As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

“The silence. End of all poetry, all romances. Earlier, frightened, you began to have some intimation of it: so many pages had been turned,…

— Sofia Samatar

The wounds of Silence hurts more than anything

— Insane & Insomniac

“throbbed into silence… “And that’s the way it was—goodbye, wonderful and terrible Twentieth”

— Arthur C. Clarke

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

— Charles Alexander Eastman

“listen: the dark we've only ever imagined now audible, thrumming, marbled with static like gristly meat. a chorus of engines churns. silence taunts: a…

— Tracy K. Smith

“When a child disappears, the space she’d occupied is immediately filled with dozens of people. And these people—relatives, friends, police officers, reporters from both…

— Dennis Lehane

“Silence gradually spread its great, fragile butterfly wings across the ward. The sun had disappeared, replaced by grey and rain. This particular month of…

— Martin Page

“Silence fills the sweet walk from the park. Our first encounter buzzing between us in the dark winter night. Holding your hand we know…

— Benjamin McQueen

Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow…

— Craig Thompson

Writers speak for those who are kept in silence

— Isabel Allende

“People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline. As she leafs through the…

— Jennifer E. Smith