Keeping quiet Quote by Carol Rifka Brunt

“My dad always says to listen for the pauses when you want to know if someone’s hiding something.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“i hated how my parents would talk about me like i wasnt watching.”

— Katie Kacvinsky

“That just goes to show you that parents can do all they can for you, but at the end of the day it’s up…

— Shareef Jaudon

“It's easier for parents to ignore, to pretend that everything's great and then do whatever they want while convinced it's something you want, too.”

— Sophie Jordan

“It is never easy to tell someone what they don’t want to hear.”

— Inglath Cooper

“I don’t understand parents. Honestly, I don’t think anybody ever does.”

— Neil Gaiman

“When it came to adults, it was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something…

— Alexandra Bracken

“Don't rehearse your problems, Dad always said. Meaning, we were only supposed to go through our problems when they were actually upon us.”

— Lisa Tawn Bergren

“You shouldn't talk about things you don't understand. Which should leave you pretty damn quiet.”

— Rachel Vincent

“Parents just concentrate on the thing that drives them nuts and all the other good stuff you do goes out the window.”

— Joan Bauer

“There's nothing as quiet as that moment before one person is about to tell another something neither of them wants to hear.”

— Brock Clarke

“I only get information from mutes, because they’re sure to keep things quiet.”

— Jarod Kintz