Noise Quotes
1175 Noise quotes by 871 unique authors
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A roar cut through the melee: a booming growl, a noise that might come out of a she-bear protecting a cub. It was Alec- and…
— James Dashner
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And it came to Marcus suddenly that slaves very seldom whistled. They might sing, if they felt like it or if the rhythm helped their…
— Rosemary Sutcliff
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The moon shines bright. In such a night as this. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees and they did make no noise,…
— William Shakespeare
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It’s a trick Ben taught me to help settle my Noise. You close yer eyes and as clearly and calmly as you can you tell…
— Patrick Ness
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Gerry?' Laurel had to strain to hear thought the noise on the other end of the line. 'Gerry? Where are you?' 'London. A phone booth…
— Kate Morton
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That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the…
— Orson Scott Card
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There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone twice…
— Alexander Gordon Smith
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Quietly, Macey went through her options. Even though the masked men were asking for cell phones, the gunmen were making so much noise that she…
— Ally Carter
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I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo.…
— Yann Martel
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Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises!
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The only sadnesses that are dangerous and unhealthy are the ones that we carry around in public in order to drown them out with the…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I have a strange illusion quite often. I think I've become deaf. I have to make a little noise to prove I'm not. I clear…
— John Fowles
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I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend any convention if…
— David Mitchell
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His eyes made a slow scan of my closet doors, which were cracked. “I thought I heard something.” “Yeah, well, guess what? I’m a living,…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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And too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.
— Patrick Ness
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It amazed me how some people could touch an instrument and create something so beautiful, and when others tried, like me, it just sounded like…
— Ruta Sepetys
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A forty-foot worm?" Will muttered to Jem as they moved through the Italian garden, their boots - thanks to a pair of Soundless runes -…
— Cassandra Clare
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There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may…
— Washington Irving
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And they both began to laugh over nothing as children will when they are happy together. And they laughed so that in the end they…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to…
— Jodi Picoult
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Warren made a noise, the first one I'd heard out of him since we'd come into the room. I'd have been happier if he hadn't…
— Patricia Briggs
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I brought Sammy inside and put him to bed. Said his prayer with him. “‘Now I lay me down to sleep…’” To me, just random…
— Rick Yancey
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Noise is relative to the silence preceeding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the peoples…
— Alan Moore
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